wearisome
/ˈwɪəɹisəm/
"wearisome" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wearisome” is uncommon English (frequency #97,704 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,704
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tiresome, tedious or causing fatigue.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wearisome · wearisome · English
wearisome · rank #97,704 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,704
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Waynesville
Nearest frequency peer: Waynesville (-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 “wearisome”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Wallasey
Wallasey
2,304 corpus weight
- waterspout
waterspout
2,299 corpus weight
- Waynesville
Waynesville
2,298 corpus weight
- wearisome
wearisome
2,297 corpus weight
- welk
welk
2,293 corpus weight
- Wellsville
Wellsville
2,292 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “wearisome” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wearisome |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈwɪəɹisəm/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,704 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “wearisome” in English
Rare enough to double-check
wearisome is uncommon English at frequency #97,704 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈwɪəɹisəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tiresome, tedious or causing fatigue.".
No misspelling variants are generated for wearisome in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English werisom, equivalent to weary + -some. The correct English form is wearisome, spelled W-E-A-R-I-S-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Tiresome, tedious or causing fatigue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wearisome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gardening can be wearisome work.
Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffix…
Etymology
From Middle English werisom, equivalent to weary + -some.
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); 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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