Which to use
“hastily” and “heartily” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,610
- “hastily” frequency rank
- #32,431
- “heartily” frequency rank
- 52041
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hastily | heartily |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | In a hasty manner; quickly or hurriedly. | In a hearty manner. |
Where the eye mixes hastily and heartily
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. hastily runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against heartily's 8 (CVVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: hastily vs heartily
A purely visual mix-up. hastily (/ˈheɪstɪli/) and heartily (/ˈhɑːtɪli/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52041, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hastily is recorded at frequency rank #19,610, classified as anadv, pronounced /ˈheɪstɪli/. heartily is at rank #32,431, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ˈhɑːtɪli/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 52041, this pair ranks #160,354 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hastily vs heartily
Shared letters: ahilty. Private to "hastily": s. Private to "heartily": er.
"hastily" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "heartily" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hastily" and "heartily" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "hastily" vs "heartily" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "hastily" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heartily" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #160,354 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hastily" and "heartily" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "healthily vs heartily". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #160,354 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.