tumultuous
tu·mult·u·ous/tjʊˈmʌl.tjʊ.əs/adjective
tumultuous is spelled T-U-M-U-L-T-U-O-U-S, 4 syllables: tu·mult·u·ous. The wrong spelling people search most is tumultuos: about 40 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 94 of all searches for the word. Tumultuous is an adjective meaning “Characterized by loud, confused noise”.
How many letters and syllables are in tumultuous?
| Letters | 10: T-U-M-U-L-T-U-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: tu·mult·u·ous |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 26,776th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, tumultuos, about 40 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell tumultuous?
Tumultuous is spelled T-U-M-U-L-T-U-O-U-S. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 95 of the searches for tumultuous in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is tumultuous?
Tumultuous appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th 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 tumultuous?
- UK /tjʊˈmʌl.tjʊ.əs/
- UK /tjʊˈmʌl.t͡ʃʊ.əs/
- UK /t͡ʃʊˈmʌl.t͡ʃʊ.əs/
Tumultuous has 4 syllables, split tu·mult·u·ous in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-tumultuous.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tumultuous
- more tumultuous comparative
- most tumultuous superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tumultuous mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Characterized by loud, confused noise.
- 2
Causing or characterized by tumult; chaotic, disorderly, turbulent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tumultuous in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | tumultuoso , bullicioso, tempestuoso |
| French | tumultuaire, tumultueux, orageux |
| German | tumultuarisch |
| Portuguese | tumultuário |
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 tumultuous come from?
From Old French tumultuous (modern French tumultueux), from Latin tumultuōsus (“restless, turbulent”), from tumultus (“disturbance, uproar, violent commotion, tumult; agitation, disturbance, excitement”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).