luxurious
/lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs/adjective
luxurious is spelled L-U-X-U-R-I-O-U-S: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, luxurious means “Very fine in quality and comfortable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in luxurious?
| Letters | 9: L-U-X-U-R-I-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 13,897th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is luxurious?
Luxurious appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th 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 luxurious?
- UK /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs/
- UK /lʌɡˈzjʊə-/
- UK /lʌkˈʃʊə-/
Luxurious has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-luxurious.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with luxurious?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as luxurious from its last stressed vowel (/ʊəɹiəs/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of luxurious
- more luxurious comparative
- most luxurious superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does luxurious mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Very fine in quality and comfortable.
a luxurious hotel suite
- 2
datedEnjoying the pleasures of luxury, accustomed to luxury.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Luxurious in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 luxurious come from?
From Middle English luxurious, from Old French luxurios (modern French luxurieux), from Latin lū̆xuriōsus (“rank, luxuriant, profuse, excessive, immoderate”), from lū̆xuria (“rankness, luxury”), from lū̆xus (“extravagance, luxury”). By surface analysis, luxury + -ous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).