luxurious
/lʌɡˈʒʊə.ɹɪəs/
"luxurious" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“luxurious” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #13,952 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #13,952
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Very fine in quality and comfortable.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | luxurious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /lʌɡˈʒʊə.ɹɪəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “luxurious” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for luxurious is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /lʌɡˈʒʊə.ɹɪəs/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,952 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for luxurious, with forms such as "lluxurious", "luuxrious", and "luxruious". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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, lux… The correct English form is luxurious, spelled L-U-X-U-R-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Very fine in quality and comfortable.
- 2Enjoying the pleasures of luxury, accustomed to luxury.
Etymology
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.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lluxurious,luuxrious,luxruious,luxuirous,luxuriosu,luxuriouss,luxuriuos,luxuroius,luxurrious,luxxurious,lxuurious,ulxurious
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of luxurious - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “luxurious”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-U-X-U-R-I-O-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /lʌɡˈʒʊə.ɹɪəs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.