desirous
/dəˈzæɹəs/
"desirous" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“desirous” is uncommon English (frequency #50,466 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,466
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.
Corpus desk
Index EN-desirous · desirous · English
desirous · rank #50,466 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,466
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH denture
Nearest frequency peer: denture (-3 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 “desirous”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- deadlift
deadlift
49,541 corpus weight
- delineation
delineation
49,540 corpus weight
- denture
denture
49,538 corpus weight
- desirous
desirous
49,535 corpus weight
- dissapointed
dissapointed
49,530 corpus weight
- divi
divi
49,527 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “desirous” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desirous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dəˈzæɹəs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,466 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “desirous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
desirous is uncommon English at frequency #50,466 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /dəˈzæɹəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for desirous, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English, from Old French desirrous, from desirrer + -ous. The correct English form is desirous, spelled D-E-S-I-R-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how desirous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
More significantly, rigid deference to [Justin] Bieber’s still-young core fan base keeps things resolutely PG, with any acknowledgement of sex either couched in vague “touch your body” workarounds or downgraded to desirous hand-holding and eye-gazing.
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French desirrous, from desirrer + -ous.
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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