disadventurous
"disadventurous" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disadventurous” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unfortunate; calamitous.
Corpus desk
Index EN-disadventurous · disadventurous · English
disadventurous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | disadventurous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “disadventurous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
disadventurous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unfortunate; calamitous.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for disadventurous, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From disadventure + -ous. Compare Portuguese desaventurado and Spanish desventurado. The correct English form is disadventurous, spelled D-I-S-A-D-V-E-N-T-U-R-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Unfortunate; calamitous.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how disadventurous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
when he according did repaire, / An hard mishap and disaventrous case / Him chaunst […]
Etymology
From disadventure + -ous. Compare Portuguese desaventurado and Spanish desventurado.
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.