favoursome

adj

"favoursome" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“favoursome” 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) - Characterised or marked by favour or favouritism; acceptable, satisfactory.

Corpus desk

Index EN-favoursome · favoursome · English

favoursome · 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 "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for favoursome
PropertyValue
Headwordfavoursome
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “favoursome” in English

favoursomeranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

favoursome is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Characterised or marked by favour or favouritism; acceptable, satisfactory.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for favoursome in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From favour + -some. The correct English form is favoursome, spelled F-A-V-O-U-R-S-O-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Characterised or marked by favour or favouritism; acceptable, satisfactory.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how favoursome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The second hill was easy of access but looked down on one small town only, and that none too favorsome in its appearance.
  2. Goddess of Haiti, favorsome, Preserve in flowering loveliness Your treasures' sweet delirium.

Etymology

From favour + -some.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "favoursome"?
"favoursome" is spelled F-A-V-O-U-R-S-O-M-E.
What does "favoursome" mean?
As an adjective, "favoursome" means: Characterised or marked by favour or favouritism; acceptable, satisfactory.
What is the origin of the word "favoursome"?
From favour + -some. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list