# hopeless vs hopelessly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hopeless
*adjective · IPA /ˈhəʊplɪs/ · frequency rank #11,042*
Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.

### hopelessly
*adverb · IPA /ˈhoʊplɪsli/ · frequency rank #22,997*
In a manner showing no hope

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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