# populous

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈpɒpjʊləs/ · frequency rank #16,998

## Definitions
1. Having a large population.
2. Spoken by a large number of people.
3. Densely populated.
4. Crowded with people.

## Etymology
First used in English in the mid 15th century; from Latin populosus (“full of people, populous”).

## Easily confused with
- **populace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/populace-vs-populous)

## Common misspellings (11)
`oppulous`, `popluous`, `poppulous`, `popullous`, `populosu`, `populouss`, `populuos`, `popuolus`, `pouplous`, `ppopulous`, `ppoulous`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/populous