verbose
/vəˈbəʊs/
"verbose" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“verbose” is uncommon English (frequency #57,158 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,158
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Containing or using more words than necessary; long-winded, wordy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-verbose · verbose · English
verbose · rank #57,158 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,158
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH velour
Nearest frequency peer: velour (-1 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “verbose”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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42,846 corpus weight
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42,844 corpus weight
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verbose
42,843 corpus weight
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42,841 corpus weight
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42,840 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “verbose” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verbose |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /vəˈbəʊs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,158 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verbose” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
verbose is uncommon English at frequency #57,158 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /vəˈbəʊs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
verbose has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin verbōsus (“prolix, wordy, verbose”). Verbōsus is derived from verbum (“word”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to say, speak”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, overly, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Equivalent to verb +… The correct English form is verbose, spelled V-E-R-B-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Containing or using more words than necessary; long-winded, wordy.
- 2Producing detailed output for diagnostic purposes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verbose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I omit more than an Hundred Things, that would engage to perſonal Reflection; for my Soul hath no Pleaſure in ſtriving therein, as knowing the inconſiſtancy of that uncharitable virulent Temper with a Chriſtian Spirit, which I am aſſured is quite another Thing, from what is Verboſe, Abuſive[,] Cavilling, Airy, and meerly Notional; [...]
[...] I might ſeem to deſerve juſtly to be accounted a verboſe and ſilly Defender; [...]
Etymology
From Latin verbōsus (“prolix, wordy, verbose”). Verbōsus is derived from verbum (“word”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to say, speak”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, overly, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Equivalent to verb + -ose.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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