sanguinous
"sanguinous" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sanguinous” 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) - Bloody; containing blood.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sanguinous · sanguinous · English
sanguinous · 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 | sanguinous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sanguinous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sanguinous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bloody; containing blood.".
No misspelling variants are generated for sanguinous in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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: Borrowed from Late Latin sanguinōsus. The correct English form is sanguinous, spelled S-A-N-G-U-I-N-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Bloody; containing blood.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sanguinous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a sanguinous exudation
a sanguinous discharge
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin sanguinōsus.
Antonyms
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.