spareful
"spareful" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spareful” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abstemious; Lacking in appetite or vitality.
Corpus desk
Index EN-spareful · spareful · English
spareful · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | spareful |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “spareful” in English
Rare enough to double-check
spareful is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for spareful in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From spare + -ful? The correct English form is spareful, spelled S-P-A-R-E-F-U-L.
Definition
- 1Abstemious; Lacking in appetite or vitality.
- 2sparing; chary.
- 3frugal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spareful appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I admonish them, therefore, to be more spareful in their diet, and so they shall gain health to their bodies, and comfort to their purse.
She greeted him with the same kindly smile of twenty years before, with a thinner and more spareful expression, however, such as age takes on.
Etymology
From spare + -ful?
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.