sanguinary
/ˈsæŋɡwɪnəɹi/
"sanguinary" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sanguinary” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Involving bloodshed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sanguinary · sanguinary · English
sanguinary · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sanguinary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsæŋɡwɪnəɹi/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sanguinary” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sanguinary is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsæŋɡwɪnəɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sanguinary, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English sanguinarie, from Latin sanguinārius. The correct English form is sanguinary, spelled S-A-N-G-U-I-N-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Involving bloodshed.
- 2Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.
- 3Consisting of, covered with, or similar in appearance to blood.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sanguinary appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences.
"[…] every one of which took its rise from some noble family that succeeded in grasping the purple after a sanguinary struggle."
Etymology
From Middle English sanguinarie, from Latin sanguinārius.
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.