numerous
nu·mer·ous/ˈnuməɹəs/determiner, adjective
numerous is spelled N-U-M-E-R-O-U-S, 3 syllables: nu·mer·ous. The wrong spelling people search most is numberous: about 30 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 31 of all searches for the word. Numerous is a determiner meaning “An indefinite large number of”.
How many letters and syllables are in numerous?
| Letters | 8: N-U-M-E-R-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: nu·mer·ous |
| In writing | 45 times per million words; the 2,253rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, numberous, about 30 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell numerous?
Numerous is spelled N-U-M-E-R-O-U-S. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 31 of the searches for numerous in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is numerous?
Numerous appears 45 times per million words in written English, the 2,253rd 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 numerous?
- US /ˈnuməɹəs/
- US /ˈnumɹəs/
- UK /ˈnjuːməɹəs/
Numerous has 3 syllables, split nu·mer·ous in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-numerous.ogg, En-uk-numerous.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with numerous?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as numerous from its last stressed vowel (/uməɹəs/):
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 numerous
- more numerous comparative
- most numerous superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does numerous mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
determiner
- 1
An indefinite large number of.
There are numerous definitions of the word 'man'.
adjective
- 1
Indefinitely large numerically; many.
The reasons to refrain are numerous.
- 2
Consisting of a large number of individuals or parts.
- 3
archaicHaving many different qualities.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Numerous in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Indefinitely large numerically:
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 numerous come from?
From Middle English numerous from Latin numerōsus (“numerous, abundant; harmonious”), from numerus (“number”). Doublet of numerose. Analyzeable as numero- + -ous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).