voluptuous
/vəˈlʌp.t͡ʃu.əs/adjective
voluptuous is spelled V-O-L-U-P-T-U-O-U-S. The wrong spelling people search most is volumptuous: about 220 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 13 of all searches for the word. Voluptuous is an adjective meaning “Characterized or marked by full, generous, pleasurable sensation”.
How many letters and syllables are in voluptuous?
| Letters | 10: V-O-L-U-P-T-U-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,267th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, volumptuous, about 220 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell voluptuous?
Voluptuous is spelled V-O-L-U-P-T-U-O-U-S. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 13 of the searches for voluptuous in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is voluptuous?
Voluptuous appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce voluptuous?
- US /vəˈlʌp.t͡ʃu.əs/
Voluptuous has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-voluptuous.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of voluptuous
- more voluptuous comparative
- most voluptuous superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does voluptuous mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Characterized or marked by full, generous, pleasurable sensation.
The plentiful blankets and the voluptuous pillows of the bed called out to my tired body.
- 2
Curvaceous and sexually attractive.
The low neckline of her bodice emphasized her plump, voluptuous figure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Voluptuous in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | voluptueux, somptueux, sensuel , plantureux |
| Portuguese | voluptuoso |
| Spanish | voluptuoso, sensual |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does voluptuous come from?
From Middle French voluptueux, from Latin voluptuōsus (“delightful”), from voluptās (“pleasure, delight”), from volup (“with pleasure”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).