literatus
/lɪtəˈɹɑːtəs/
"literatus" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“literatus” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A learned person; especially one acquainted with literature.
Corpus desk
Index EN-literatus · literatus · English
literatus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | literatus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lɪtəˈɹɑːtəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “literatus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
literatus is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /lɪtəˈɹɑːtəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A learned person; especially one acquainted with literature.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for literatus, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin līterātus, litterātus. Doublet of literate and literato. The correct English form is literatus, spelled L-I-T-E-R-A-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1A learned person; especially one acquainted with literature.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how literatus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Now, we are to consider that our bright ideal of a literatus may chance to be married,—in fact, Mr. [Samuel Taylor] Coleridge agrees to allow him a wife.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin līterātus, litterātus. Doublet of literate and literato.
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.