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igneous

ig·ne·ous/ˈɪɡ.ni.əs/adjective

igneous is spelled I-G-N-E-O-U-S: 7 letters and 3 syllables (ig·ne·ous). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, igneous means “Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in igneous?

Letters7: I-G-N-E-O-U-S
Syllables3: ig·ne·ous
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 36,565th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 igneous?

Igneous appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th 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).

How do you pronounce igneous?

  • /ˈɪɡ.ni.əs/

Igneous has 3 syllables, split ig·ne·ous in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-igneous.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What does igneous mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.

    The stone had an igneous appearance.

  2. 2

    Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.

    Granite and basalt are igneous rocks.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Igneous in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchigné (pertaining to, having the nature of fire), magmatique (resulting from, or produced by, the action of…)
Portugueseígneo (pertaining to, having the nature of fire)
Spanishígneo (pertaining to, having the nature of fire)
Germaneruptiv, vulkanisch (resulting from, or produced by, the action of…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does igneous come from?

From Latin igneus (“fiery”). By surface analysis, Latin ign- + -eous.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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