howlarious
/haʊˈlɛəɹi.əs/
"howlarious" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“howlarious” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extremely hilarious; funny enough to make one howl with laughter.
Corpus desk
Index EN-howlarious · howlarious · English
howlarious · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | howlarious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /haʊˈlɛəɹi.əs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “howlarious” in English
Rare enough to double-check
howlarious is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /haʊˈlɛəɹi.əs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Extremely hilarious; funny enough to make one howl with laughter.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for howlarious, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of howl + hilarious. The correct English form is howlarious, spelled H-O-W-L-A-R-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Extremely hilarious; funny enough to make one howl with laughter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how howlarious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jimmie Walker, star of television's howlarious Good Times, offering what makes a woman sexy to him: "I don't find tight clothes or revealing clothes to be sexy at all. The more that's left to my imagination the better."
Etymology
Blend of howl + hilarious.
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.