pecunious
/pɪˈkjuːniəs/
"pecunious" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pecunious” 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) - With money, wealthy; financially independent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pecunious · pecunious · English
pecunious · 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 "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 | pecunious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɪˈkjuːniəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pecunious” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pecunious is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pɪˈkjuːniəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pecunious, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Ultimately from Latin pecūnia (“money”). The correct English form is pecunious, spelled P-E-C-U-N-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1With money, wealthy; financially independent.
- 2rich (of quality, etc.)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pecunious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Initially these outlets catered for the more pecunious element in the population and sold imported and processed goods, ...
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin pecūnia (“money”).
Antonyms
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.