rapturous
/ˈɹæp.t͡ʃəɹ.əs/
"rapturous" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rapturous” is uncommon English (frequency #58,959 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,959
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Full of rapture.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rapturous · rapturous · English
rapturous · rank #58,959 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,959
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rambunctious
Nearest frequency peer: rambunctious (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “rapturous”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Radnor
Radnor
41,046 corpus weight
- rambunctious
rambunctious
41,043 corpus weight
- rapturous
rapturous
41,042 corpus weight
- rayed
rayed
41,040 corpus weight
- RCN
RCN
41,039 corpus weight
- readmission
readmission
41,038 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “rapturous” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rapturous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɹæp.t͡ʃəɹ.əs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,959 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rapturous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rapturous is uncommon English at frequency #58,959 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɹæp.t͡ʃəɹ.əs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Full of rapture.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rapturous, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From rapture + -ous. The correct English form is rapturous, spelled R-A-P-T-U-R-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Full of rapture.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rapturous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the rapturous applause
the rapturous emotions on the pulpit
Etymology
From rapture + -ous.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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