sanguinolent

/sæŋˈɡwɪnələnt/

//sæŋˈɡwɪnələnt// adj

"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

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Key facts for sanguinolent
PropertyValue
Headwordsanguinolent
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/sæŋˈɡwɪnələnt/
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “sanguinolent” in English

sanguinolentsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Containing or tinged with blood.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sanguinolent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On making a larger opening there issued three or four pints of a very sanguinolent fluid.
  2. 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

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sanguinolent"?
"sanguinolent" is spelled S-A-N-G-U-I-N-O-L-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /sæŋˈɡwɪnələnt/.
What does "sanguinolent" mean?
As an adjective, "sanguinolent" means: Containing or tinged with blood.
How do you pronounce "sanguinolent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sanguinolent" is /sæŋˈɡwɪnələnt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "sanguinolent"?
From Middle English sanguinolent, from Old French sanguinolent, from Latin sanguinolentus (“of blood”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list