gluttonous
/ˈɡlʌt(ə)nəs/
"gluttonous" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gluttonous” is uncommon English (frequency #73,227 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,227
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gluttonous · gluttonous · English
gluttonous · rank #73,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,227
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH GMG
Nearest frequency peer: GMG (+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 “gluttonous”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Gilliland
Gilliland
26,778 corpus weight
- gird
gird
26,777 corpus weight
- girlhood
girlhood
26,776 corpus weight
- gluttonous
gluttonous
26,774 corpus weight
- GMG
GMG
26,773 corpus weight
- Goldsworthy
Goldsworthy
26,771 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gluttonous” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gluttonous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɡlʌt(ə)nəs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #73,227 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gluttonous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gluttonous is uncommon English at frequency #73,227 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɡlʌt(ə)nəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
gluttonous has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English glotenose, glotenouse, glotonos, glotonous, glotounius, glotynous, from Middle French glotonos; equivalent to glutton + -ous. The correct English form is gluttonous, spelled G-L-U-T-T-O-N-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating.
- 2Greedy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gluttonous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.
Then they could smile and fawn upon his debts, / And take down the interest into their gluttonous maws.
Etymology
From Middle English glotenose, glotenouse, glotonos, glotonous, glotounius, glotynous, from Middle French glotonos; equivalent to glutton + -ous.
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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