pulchritudinous
/ˌpʌlkɹɪˈtjuːdɪnəs/
"pulchritudinous" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pulchritudinous” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having great physical beauty.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pulchritudinous · pulchritudinous · English
pulchritudinous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | pulchritudinous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌpʌlkɹɪˈtjuːdɪnəs/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pulchritudinous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pulchritudinous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌpʌlkɹɪˈtjuːdɪnəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
pulchritudinous has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pulchritude + -in- + -ous. The correct English form is pulchritudinous, spelled P-U-L-C-H-R-I-T-U-D-I-N-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Having great physical beauty.
- 2That endows pulchritude; beautifying.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pulchritudinous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But Shedemei had long since grown out of her adolescent jealousy of pulchritudinous girls.
“The first example in each series,” Mike offered, “would be, on the basis of my associational analyses of such data, of such pulchritudinous value as to please any healthy, mature human male.”
Etymology
From pulchritude + -in- + -ous.
Synonyms
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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.