vociferous
/vəʊˈsɪfəɹəs/
"vociferous" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vociferous” is uncommon English (frequency #56,522 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,522
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Making or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vociferous · vociferous · English
vociferous · rank #56,522 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,522
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH VMA
Nearest frequency peer: VMA (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “vociferous”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- vesper
vesper
43,485 corpus weight
- VFR
VFR
43,484 corpus weight
- vig
vig
43,482 corpus weight
- VMA
VMA
43,480 corpus weight
- vociferous
vociferous
43,479 corpus weight
- Walford
Walford
43,474 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “vociferous” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vociferous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /vəʊˈsɪfəɹəs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,522 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vociferous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vociferous is uncommon English at frequency #56,522 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /vəʊˈsɪfəɹəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for vociferous in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin vōcifer + -ous. The correct English form is vociferous, spelled V-O-C-I-F-E-R-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Making or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.
- 2Vocally and forcefully opinionated.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vociferous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They crowded around him with vociferous welcome, Brown leading in a series of wild cheers.
No sooner had a waiting locomotive backed on to its train, the vociferous 4-6-4 or 4-8-4 re-emerged from under the bridge, and the two red marker lights on the last vehicles passed, than the headlight of the electric engine hauling the following train could be seen under the bridge and the waiting queue of locomotives had moved up one.
Etymology
From Latin vōcifer + -ous.
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); 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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