mortiferous
/mɔːˈtɪfəɹəs/
"mortiferous" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mortiferous” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Causing spiritual death.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mortiferous · mortiferous · English
mortiferous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mortiferous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /mɔːˈtɪfəɹəs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mortiferous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mortiferous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /mɔːˈtɪfəɹəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mortiferous, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin mortifer + -ous. The correct English form is mortiferous, spelled M-O-R-T-I-F-E-R-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Causing spiritual death.
- 2Causing physical death; deadly, fatal, lethal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mortiferous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Breton recruits were notorious for suffering from la nostalgie – a mortiferous form of homesickness.
Etymology
From Latin mortifer + -ous.
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.