ebullient
/ɪˈbʊliənt/
"ebullient" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ebullient” is uncommon English (frequency #77,628 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,628
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enthusiastic; high-spirited.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ebullient · ebullient · English
ebullient · rank #77,628 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,628
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH dysphagia
Nearest frequency peer: dysphagia (-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 “ebullient”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Duolingo
Duolingo
22,379 corpus weight
- Duras
Duras
22,378 corpus weight
- dysphagia
dysphagia
22,376 corpus weight
- ebullient
ebullient
22,373 corpus weight
- EGA
EGA
22,369 corpus weight
- egregiously
egregiously
22,368 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ebullient” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ebullient |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪˈbʊliənt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,628 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ebullient” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ebullient is uncommon English at frequency #77,628 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɪˈbʊliənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ebullient in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowing from Latin ēbulliēns, present participle of ēbulliō (“I boil”), from bulliō (“I bubble up”) (English boil). Compare bubbling, bubbly, and perky, which use a similar metaphor. The correct English form is ebullient, spelled E-B-U-L-L-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Enthusiastic; high-spirited.
- 2Of a liquid: boiling and bubbling, or agitated as if boiling.
- 3Causing heat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ebullient appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Spring will come with its ebullient blood, / With flush of roses and imperial eyes
Marina's oddly ebullient words seemed to come to her slow as balloons
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin ēbulliēns, present participle of ēbulliō (“I boil”), from bulliō (“I bubble up”) (English boil). Compare bubbling, bubbly, and perky, which use a similar metaphor.
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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