spacious
/ˈspeɪʃ.əs/adjective
spacious is spelled S-P-A-C-I-O-U-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, spacious means “Having plenty of space; roomy; capacious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in spacious?
| Letters | 8: S-P-A-C-I-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is spacious?
Spacious appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce spacious?
- /ˈspeɪʃ.əs/
Spacious has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-spacious.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of spacious
- more spacious comparative
- most spacious superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spacious mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having plenty of space; roomy; capacious.
The apartment has a spacious bedroom.
- 2
Large in expanse.
The cabin offers a lovely spacious view of the mountain meadows.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spacious in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | spacieux, ample, grand, logeable |
| German | geräumig , weiträumig |
| Portuguese | espaçoso |
| Spanish | espacioso, desahogado, amplio |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does spacious come from?
From Middle English spacious, from Old French spacios, from Latin spatiōsus. By surface analysis, space + -ious.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).