gustatory
/ˈɡʌstəˌtɔɹi/
"gustatory" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gustatory” is uncommon English (frequency #98,187 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,187
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, or relating to, the sense of taste.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gustatory · gustatory · English
gustatory · rank #98,187 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,187
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gurukul
Nearest frequency peer: gurukul (-2 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 “gustatory”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Grandison
Grandison
1,824 corpus weight
- grrrl
grrrl
1,821 corpus weight
- gurukul
gurukul
1,816 corpus weight
- gustatory
gustatory
1,814 corpus weight
- Hamtramck
Hamtramck
1,803 corpus weight
- Handsworth
Handsworth
1,802 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gustatory” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gustatory |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɡʌstəˌtɔɹi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,187 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gustatory” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gustatory is uncommon English at frequency #98,187 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɡʌstəˌtɔɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, or relating to, the sense of taste.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gustatory, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 Latin gustātus, participle of gustō (“to taste”), + -ory. The correct English form is gustatory, spelled G-U-S-T-A-T-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Of, or relating to, the sense of taste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gustatory appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
WHERE TO DINE—Well, Mary Ward, our courageous gustatory investigatress, has finally completed her rounds of the eateries and, with her last despairing effort, dashed off this report on the road houses: […]
The point, Goldstein discovered through a lot of long days hanging out in parking lots, is that tailgating — the gustatory madness, the multigenerational camaraderie, the decked-out vans — is as essential a part of football as the game itself.
Etymology
From Latin gustātus, participle of gustō (“to taste”), + -ory.
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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