fulminant
"fulminant" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fulminant” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That fulminates.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fulminant · fulminant · English
fulminant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fulminant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fulminant” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fulminant is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for fulminant in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French fulminant, from Latin fulminō (“strike like lightning”). By surface analysis, fulminate + -ant or fulmine + -ant. The correct English form is fulminant, spelled F-U-L-M-I-N-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1That fulminates.
- 2Appearing quickly and with destructive effects.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fulminant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fulminant hepatitis seems to be more common in females than in males (11).[…]In contrast to common belief, Chalmers (17) has shown that physical exercise during infectious hepatitis does not increase the risk of a fulminant course of disease.
When his liver function was measured, an acute, fulminant hepatitis was discovered.
Etymology
Borrowed from French fulminant, from Latin fulminō (“strike like lightning”). By surface analysis, fulminate + -ant or fulmine + -ant.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.