vituperator

noun

"vituperator" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“vituperator” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who vituperates, or censures abusively.

Corpus desk

Index EN-vituperator · vituperator · English

vituperator · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for vituperator
PropertyValue
Headwordvituperator
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “vituperator” in English

vituperatorsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vituperator is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who vituperates, or censures abusively.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for vituperator in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin vituperātor. The correct English form is vituperator, spelled V-I-T-U-P-E-R-A-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    One who vituperates, or censures abusively.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vituperātor.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vituperator"?
"vituperator" is spelled V-I-T-U-P-E-R-A-T-O-R.
What does "vituperator" mean?
As a noun, "vituperator" means: One who vituperates, or censures abusively.
What is the origin of the word "vituperator"?
Borrowed from Latin vituperātor. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list