# ferocious

> English word · Adjective · IPA /fəˈɹəʊʃəs/ · frequency rank #22,084

## Definitions
1. Marked by extreme and violent energy.
2. Extreme or intense.

## Etymology
Taken from Latin ferōx (“wild, bold, savage, fierce”) + -ous.

## Common misspellings (12)
`efrocious`, `feorcious`, `fercoious`, `feroccious`, `ferociosu`, `ferociouss`, `ferociuos`, `ferocoius`, `feroicous`, `ferrocious`, `fferocious`, `freocious`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ferocious