veinous
/ˈveɪ.nəs/
"veinous" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“veinous” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having prominent veins.
Corpus desk
Index EN-veinous · veinous · English
veinous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | veinous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈveɪ.nəs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “veinous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
veinous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈveɪ.nəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for veinous in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From vein + -ous. The correct English form is veinous, spelled V-E-I-N-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Having prominent veins.
- 2From, or related to veins.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how veinous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The excellent old gentleman's nails are long and leaden, and his hands lean and veinous.
I do a veinous draw once a month at the doctor's lab.
Etymology
From vein + -ous.
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.