sanguinolent
/sæŋˈɡwɪnələnt/
"sanguinolent" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sanguinolent” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Containing or tinged with blood.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sanguinolent · sanguinolent · English
sanguinolent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | sanguinolent |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /sæŋˈɡwɪnələnt/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sanguinolent” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sanguinolent is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /sæŋˈɡwɪnələnt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Containing or tinged with blood.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sanguinolent, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English sanguinolent, from Old French sanguinolent, from Latin sanguinolentus (“of blood”). The correct English form is sanguinolent, spelled S-A-N-G-U-I-N-O-L-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Containing or tinged with blood.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sanguinolent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On making a larger opening there issued three or four pints of a very sanguinolent fluid.
When the desire to urinate manifests itself chiefly at night, with burning pains when urinating, or emission, drop by drop, of sanguinolent urine.
Etymology
From Middle English sanguinolent, from Old French sanguinolent, from Latin sanguinolentus (“of blood”).
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.