commodious
/kəˈməʊdɪ.əs/
"commodious" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“commodious” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-commodious · commodious · English
commodious · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | commodious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kəˈməʊdɪ.əs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “commodious” in English
Rare enough to double-check
commodious is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kəˈməʊdɪ.əs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for commodious, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English commodious (“convenient, advantageous”), from Anglo-Norman commodious, Old French commodieux, directly from Medieval Latin commodiosus (“convenient, useful”), irregularly from Latin commodus (“suitable, fit, convenient”), from com- + mod… The correct English form is commodious, spelled C-O-M-M-O-D-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable.
- 2Convenient, serviceable, suitable.
- 3Advantageous, profitable, beneficial.
- 4Of life or living, endowed with conveniences; comfortable; free from hardship.
- 5Of a person, accommodating, obliging, helpful.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how commodious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Our house is much more commodious than our old apartment.
And because the hauen was not commodious to winter in, the more part aduised to depart thence […]
Etymology
From Middle English commodious (“convenient, advantageous”), from Anglo-Norman commodious, Old French commodieux, directly from Medieval Latin commodiosus (“convenient, useful”), irregularly from Latin commodus (“suitable, fit, convenient”), from com- + modus (“measure, manner”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”). Analyzable as commode (“to provide with an appropriate or necessary thing; to suit”) + -ious.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.