curvaceous
/kɚˈveɪ.ʃɪs/
"curvaceous" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“curvaceous” is uncommon English (frequency #65,028 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,028
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having shapely and voluptuous curves; curvy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-curvaceous · curvaceous · English
curvaceous · rank #65,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,028
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH crumple
Nearest frequency peer: crumple (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “curvaceous”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cropland
cropland
34,975 corpus weight
- crumple
crumple
34,974 corpus weight
- curvaceous
curvaceous
34,973 corpus weight
- cutlets
cutlets
34,972 corpus weight
- cwm
cwm
34,971 corpus weight
- cyberattack
cyberattack
34,970 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “curvaceous” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | curvaceous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kɚˈveɪ.ʃɪs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “curvaceous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
curvaceous is uncommon English at frequency #65,028 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kɚˈveɪ.ʃɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having shapely and voluptuous curves; curvy.".
curvaceous doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From curv(e) + -aceous. Originally American English. First attested in the 1930s. The correct English form is curvaceous, spelled C-U-R-V-A-C-E-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Having shapely and voluptuous curves; curvy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how curvaceous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He watched her walk, upon curvaceous legs, to the edge of the bed. For just a second, she smiled down at him.
Anya is tall, gorgeous and curvaceous, all of which I enjoy sexually, especially the curvaceous part: I enjoy squeezing and grabbing all the sexy, abundant parts of her body.
Etymology
From curv(e) + -aceous. Originally American English. First attested in the 1930s.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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