vituperative
/vɪˈt͡ʃuːpɹətɪv/
"vituperative" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vituperative” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marked by harsh abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vituperative · vituperative · English
vituperative · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | vituperative |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /vɪˈt͡ʃuːpɹətɪv/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vituperative” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vituperative is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /vɪˈt͡ʃuːpɹətɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marked by harsh abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing.".
No misspelling variants are generated for vituperative in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Formed from vituperātus, perfect passive participle of Latin vituperō (“to blame, to censure”) + -ive; by surface analysis, vituperate + -ive. The correct English form is vituperative, spelled V-I-T-U-P-E-R-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Marked by harsh abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vituperative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Floris gave the play a vituperative review laced with frequent personal insults.
[…] ten times in a day calling the child of his prayers TRISTRAM!—Melancholy dissyllable of sound! which, to his ears, was unison to Nincompoop, and every name vituperative under heaven.
Etymology
Formed from vituperātus, perfect passive participle of Latin vituperō (“to blame, to censure”) + -ive; by surface analysis, vituperate + -ive.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.