# stupendous

> English word · Adjective · IPA /stuˈpɛndəs/ · frequency rank #38,184

## Definitions
1. Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
2. Of stunning excellence or degree; marvelous.

## Etymology
First attested from 1547, from Late Latin stupendus (“stunning, amazing”), from the verb stupeō (“(I) am stunned”). Doublet of stupend (which is obsolete), and related to stupor and stupid.

## Common misspellings (15)
`sstupendous`, `stpuendous`, `sttupendous`, `stuepndous`, `stupednous`, `stupenddous`, `stupendosu`, `stupendouss`, `stupenduos`, `stupenndous`, `stupenodus`, `stupnedous`, `stuppendous`, `sutpendous`, `tsupendous`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stupendous