deceptious
"deceptious" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deceptious” 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) - deceptive, tending to deceive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-deceptious · deceptious · English
deceptious · 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 "D" 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 | deceptious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “deceptious” in English
Rare enough to double-check
deceptious is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deceptive, tending to deceive.".
No misspelling variants are generated for deceptious in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin deceptiosus. The correct English form is deceptious, spelled D-E-C-E-P-T-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1deceptive, tending to deceive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how deceptious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
as if those organs had deceptious functions
Etymology
From Latin deceptiosus.
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.