odiferous
/əʊˈdɪfəɹəs/
"odiferous" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“odiferous” 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) - Odoriferous; smelly
Corpus desk
Index EN-odiferous · odiferous · English
odiferous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | odiferous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əʊˈdɪfəɹəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “odiferous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
odiferous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /əʊˈdɪfəɹəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Odoriferous; smelly".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for odiferous, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Shortened from odoriferous. The correct English form is odiferous, spelled O-D-I-F-E-R-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Odoriferous; smelly
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how odiferous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Smith had Miss Martin's hand. Speeding up one two three flights. Making one abrupt detour on the fourth. Where Smith pulled open a door just off the landing. "Into this mop closet, Miss Martin, fast." Feet outside the mop closet. Feet moving off again. Sounds like four pairs. Or five. Some of the rags in here are odiferous.
Emanating from 300 cheeses of 11 European countries, it quite overwhelms the odiferous tramp of American tourists, intent on completing their Burberried English look by tucking a Stilton under each arm; […]
Etymology
Shortened from odoriferous.
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.