tuffaceous
adjective
tuffaceous is spelled T-U-F-F-A-C-E-O-U-S: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, tuffaceous means “Of the nature or texture of tuff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tuffaceous?
| Letters | 10: T-U-F-F-A-C-E-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 62 million words; the 246,401st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is tuffaceous?
Tuffaceous appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st 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).
Forms of tuffaceous
- more tuffaceous comparative
- most tuffaceous superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tuffaceous mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of the nature or texture of tuff.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tuffaceous come from?
From tuff + -aceous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).