luteous
/ˈluːtiəs/
"luteous" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“luteous” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Yellowish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-luteous · luteous · English
luteous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | luteous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈluːtiəs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “luteous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
luteous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈluːtiəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for luteous in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin lūteus. The correct English form is luteous, spelled L-U-T-E-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Yellowish.
- 2Of or pertaining to mud.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how luteous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And men wept sorely,—for his voice had smoothed / Life’s whirlpool, with its softly-echoing tones, / Filling their hearts with peace—but his glad soul / Flung off her luteous chains, and winged her way / Far, far above the pigmy lamentations / Or frivolous praise of men.
[…] the hind tibiæ more luteous than in T. cordiger, but with the apical sixth more contrastedly black; […]
Etymology
From Latin lūteus.
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.