luxuriate
/lʌɡˈʒʊəɹ.i.eɪt/
"luxuriate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“luxuriate” is uncommon English (frequency #85,470 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,470
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To enjoy luxury, to indulge.
Corpus desk
Index EN-luxuriate · luxuriate · English
luxuriate · rank #85,470 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,470
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lycopene
Nearest frequency peer: lycopene (+1 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 “luxuriate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- lumberyard
lumberyard
14,533 corpus weight
- luxuriate
luxuriate
14,531 corpus weight
- lycopene
lycopene
14,530 corpus weight
- Lydian
Lydian
14,529 corpus weight
- Macartney
Macartney
14,527 corpus weight
- Maitreya
Maitreya
14,522 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “luxuriate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | luxuriate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹ.i.eɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “luxuriate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
luxuriate is uncommon English at frequency #85,470 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹ.i.eɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
luxuriate doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: First attested in 1621; borrowed from Latin lūxuriātus, perfect passive participle of lūxuriō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). The correct English form is luxuriate, spelled L-U-X-U-R-I-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To enjoy luxury, to indulge.
- 2To be luxuriant; to grow exuberantly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how luxuriate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Luxuriate in the wonderful service of our five-star hotel.
He luxuriated in anger, and he kept accounts.
Etymology
First attested in 1621; borrowed from Latin lūxuriātus, perfect passive participle of lūxuriō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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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