odoriferous
/ˌəʊdəˈɹɪfəɹəs/
"odoriferous" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“odoriferous” 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) - Having an odor or fragrance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-odoriferous · odoriferous · English
odoriferous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | odoriferous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌəʊdəˈɹɪfəɹəs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “odoriferous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
odoriferous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌəʊdəˈɹɪfəɹəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having an odor or fragrance.".
No misspelling variants are generated for odoriferous in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin. By surface analysis, odor + -i- (“bearing, carrying”) + -ferous. The correct English form is odoriferous, spelled O-D-O-R-I-F-E-R-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Having an odor or fragrance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how odoriferous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lewis the eleventh had a conceit everything did stinke about him, all the odoriferous perfumes they could get, would not ease him, but still hee^([sic]) smelled a filthy stinke.
True, the rich spices, the perfumed woods, the fragrant oils, which would feed the sacred fire of my funeral pyre, would save my mortal remains from that corruption which makes the disgust of death even worse than its dread. A few odoriferous ashes alone would be left for my urn.
Etymology
From Latin. By surface analysis, odor + -i- (“bearing, carrying”) + -ferous.
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.