scrumptious
/ˈskɹʌm(p)ʃəs/
"scrumptious" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“scrumptious” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #44,477 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #44,477
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of food: delectable, delicious.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scrumptious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈskɹʌm(p)ʃəs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #44,477 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “scrumptious” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for scrumptious is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈskɹʌm(p)ʃəs/. Corpus data places it at rank #44,477 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for scrumptious, with forms such as "csrumptious", "sccrumptious", and "scrmuptious". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Probably from scrimp (“to put on short allowance, limit, straiten; to be frugal”) + -ious (suffix forming adjectives denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (usually an abundance)), possibly modelled after scrimption (“small portion, little bit, sc… The correct English form is scrumptious, spelled S-C-R-U-M-P-T-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Of food: delectable, delicious.
- 2Of a person or thing: excellent, wonderful; also, very aesthetically pleasing or attractive; good enough to eat.
- 3Fastidious, picky.
- 4Very small; tiny.
Etymology
Probably from scrimp (“to put on short allowance, limit, straiten; to be frugal”) + -ious (suffix forming adjectives denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (usually an abundance)), possibly modelled after scrimption (“small portion, little bit, scrap”). Douglas Harper instead derives the word from sumptuous. As the early cites in British English have a clearly different sense from the early cites in American English, only to merge together later, it may be that there were originally two unrelated words.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: csrumptious,sccrumptious,scrmuptious,scrrumptious,scrummptious,scrumpitous,scrumpptious,scrumptiosu,scrumptiouss,scrumptiuos,scrumptoius,scrumpttious,scrumtpious,scrupmtious,scurmptious,srcumptious,sscrumptious
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of scrumptious - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “scrumptious”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-C-R-U-M-P-T-I-O-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈskɹʌm(p)ʃəs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.