sepulchral
/səˈpʌlkɹəl/
"sepulchral" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sepulchral” is uncommon English (frequency #99,838 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,838
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relating to a grave or to death; funereal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sepulchral · sepulchral · English
sepulchral · rank #99,838 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,838
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sepulcher
Nearest frequency peer: sepulcher (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sepulchral”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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167 corpus weight
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165 corpus weight
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164 corpus weight
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163 corpus weight
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157 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sepulchral” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sepulchral |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /səˈpʌlkɹəl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #99,838 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sepulchral” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sepulchral is uncommon English at frequency #99,838 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /səˈpʌlkɹəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sepulchral, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin sepulcralis. The correct English form is sepulchral, spelled S-E-P-U-L-C-H-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Relating to a grave or to death; funereal.
- 2Suggestive of a grave or of death; gloomy; solemn.
- 3Having a hollow and deep sound.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sepulchral appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He alluded constantly to Europe, to the people I was supposed to know there - putting leading questions as to my acquaintances in the sepulchral city, and so on.
Over and over I found myself visiting homes where the predominant feeling was sepulchral, dusty, and deserted […]
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sepulcralis.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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