humourous
adjective
humourous is spelled H-U-M-O-U-R-O-U-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, humourous means “Alternative spelling of humorous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in humourous?
| Letters | 9: H-U-M-O-U-R-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is humourous?
Humourous appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with humourous
Also written: humorous.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of humourous
- more humourous comparative
- most humourous superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does humourous mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
UKproscribedAlternative spelling of humorous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does humourous come from?
From humour + -ous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).