peccaminous
/pəˈkæmɪnəs/
"peccaminous" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“peccaminous” 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) - Sinful.
Corpus desk
Index EN-peccaminous · peccaminous · English
peccaminous · 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 "P" 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 | peccaminous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pəˈkæmɪnəs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “peccaminous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
peccaminous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pəˈkæmɪnəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sinful.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for peccaminous, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin peccaminōsus, from peccāmen (“sin”), from peccō (“to sin”). The correct English form is peccaminous, spelled P-E-C-C-A-M-I-N-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Sinful.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how peccaminous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a volume of peccaminous pornographical tendency entitled Sweets of Sin.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin peccaminōsus, from peccāmen (“sin”), from peccō (“to sin”).
This word in other languages
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.