veracious
/vəˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/
"veracious" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“veracious” 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) - True.
Corpus desk
Index EN-veracious · veracious · English
veracious · 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 "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 | veracious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /vəˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “veracious” in English
Rare enough to double-check
veracious is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /vəˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for veracious in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin verac- + -ious, stem of vērāx (“truthful”), from vērus (“true”). The correct English form is veracious, spelled V-E-R-A-C-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1True.
- 2Truthful; speaking the truth.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how veracious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The politician's statement was eventually proven to be veracious.
"It were against all rules, whether of history or romance—whether I look to my grandfather Henri Quatre, or to the less veracious chronicles of Scuderi, and copy Oroondates—to depart without some favour."
Etymology
From Latin verac- + -ious, stem of vērāx (“truthful”), from vērus (“true”).
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.