sortilegious
/sɔɹt.ɪˈliːd͡ʒəs/
"sortilegious" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sortilegious” 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) - Pertaining to sortilege, sorcerous
Corpus desk
Index EN-sortilegious · sortilegious · English
sortilegious · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | sortilegious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /sɔɹt.ɪˈliːd͡ʒəs/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sortilegious” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sortilegious is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /sɔɹt.ɪˈliːd͡ʒəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pertaining to sortilege, sorcerous".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sortilegious, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French sortilègeux. The correct English form is sortilegious, spelled S-O-R-T-I-L-E-G-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to sortilege, sorcerous
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sortilegious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Despite the sortilegious lighting, this is not a traditional witches' brew but a turtle soup being tested for her cookbook.
Etymology
From French sortilègeux.
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.
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