litigious
/lɪˈtɪd͡ʒəs/
"litigious" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“litigious” is uncommon English (frequency #58,154 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,154
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or relating to litigation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-litigious · litigious · English
litigious · rank #58,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,154
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lisburn
Nearest frequency peer: Lisburn (-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 “litigious”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- likenesses
likenesses
41,852 corpus weight
- likening
likening
41,851 corpus weight
- liquefaction
liquefaction
41,850 corpus weight
- Lisburn
Lisburn
41,849 corpus weight
- litigious
litigious
41,847 corpus weight
- lomas
lomas
41,843 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “litigious” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | litigious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /lɪˈtɪd͡ʒəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “litigious” in English
Rare enough to double-check
litigious is uncommon English at frequency #58,154 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /lɪˈtɪd͡ʒəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
litigious doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English litigious, from Latin lītigiōsus. Compare Middle French litigieux. The correct English form is litigious, spelled L-I-T-I-G-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to litigation.
- 2Inclined to engage in lawsuits.
- 3Argumentative or combative.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how litigious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This vvould of Neceſſity, breed an infinite Number of Brangles and litigious Suits in the Spiritual Courts, and put the vvretched Paſtor at perpetual Variance vvith his vvhole Pariſh.
Tearing a page out of Monsanto's own playbook, the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT), an advocacy group whose mandate is to represent the public's interest in the patent system, filed suit (PDF) on behalf of 60 organic farmers, small farm organizations, and seed businesses this week against the litigious agrichemical and genetically modified (GM) seed giant.
Etymology
From Middle English litigious, from Latin lītigiōsus. Compare Middle French litigieux.
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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