meandrous

adj

"meandrous" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“meandrous” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - winding, windy, having many bends.

Corpus desk

Index EN-meandrous · meandrous · English

meandrous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for meandrous
PropertyValue
Headwordmeandrous
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “meandrous” in English

meandrousranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

meandrous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "winding, windy, having many bends.".

meandrous doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From meander + -ous. The correct English form is meandrous, spelled M-E-A-N-D-R-O-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    winding, windy, having many bends.

Etymology

From meander + -ous.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "meandrous"?
"meandrous" is spelled M-E-A-N-D-R-O-U-S.
What does "meandrous" mean?
As an adjective, "meandrous" means: winding, windy, having many bends.
What is the origin of the word "meandrous"?
From meander + -ous. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list