funerary
/ˈfjuːn(ə)ɹəɹi/
"funerary" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“funerary” is uncommon English (frequency #51,125 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,125
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or relating to a funeral.
Corpus desk
Index EN-funerary · funerary · English
funerary · rank #51,125 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,125
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH frustratingly
Nearest frequency peer: frustratingly (-1 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 “funerary”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- FRC
FRC
48,879 corpus weight
- frustrating…
frustratingly
48,877 corpus weight
- funerary
funerary
48,876 corpus weight
- Furies
Furies
48,875 corpus weight
- FWIW
FWIW
48,873 corpus weight
- g'day
g'day
48,872 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “funerary” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | funerary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfjuːn(ə)ɹəɹi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “funerary” in English
Rare enough to double-check
funerary is uncommon English at frequency #51,125 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈfjuːn(ə)ɹəɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or relating to a funeral.".
funerary doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Late Latin fūnerārius, from Latin funus. The correct English form is funerary, spelled F-U-N-E-R-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to a funeral.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how funerary appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The team says it has uncovered Bronze Age burnt mounds which heated water from the River Cole, Iron Age houses and funerary remains, plus evidence of Roman salt processing.
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin fūnerārius, from Latin funus.
Synonyms
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).