uliginous
/juːˈlɪd͡ʒɪnəs/
"uliginous" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uliginous” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Slimy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-uliginous · uliginous · English
uliginous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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 | uliginous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /juːˈlɪd͡ʒɪnəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “uliginous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
uliginous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /juːˈlɪd͡ʒɪnəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for uliginous in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin ūlīginōsus (“swampy”). The correct English form is uliginous, spelled U-L-I-G-I-N-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Slimy.
- 2Marshy, swampy, waterlogged.
- 3Growing in muddy places.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how uliginous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[In] water ſtrongly boiled […] the Seeds are extinguiſhed by fire and decoction, and therefore laſt long and pure without ſuch alteration, affording neither uliginous coats, gnatworms, Acari, hair-worms, like crude and common water; […]
The uliginous lacteous Matter, taken notice of by that diligent and ingenious Botaniſt, P[aolo] Boccone, in the Coral Fiſhings upon the Coaſt of Italy, was only a Collection of the Corallin Particles thus ſuſtained in the Sea Water, hovering about and applying it ſelf to the Corallin Shrubs and Pori, for their Growth and Enlargement.
Etymology
From Latin ūlīginōsus (“swampy”).
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.