11-Letter Words Ending in OUS

There are 222 11-letter words that end in OUS. 71 are common words, such as ACRIMONIOUS and ADVENTUROUS. A rarer one is UNFRIVOLOUS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (148 words). 25 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 222

Common words

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About this list

Words
222 (71 common words)
Common example
acrimonious
Rare example
unfrivolous
Doubled letters
25
Ending in S
222
Most frequent letter
I (148)

Questions

How many 11-letter words ending in ous are there?

222. 71 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACRIMONIOUS is among the common words in this set.