aright
/əˈɹaɪt/
"aright" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aright” is uncommon English (frequency #73,866 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,866
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rightly, correctly; in the right way or form.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aright · aright · English
aright · rank #73,866 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,866
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH apoplexy
Nearest frequency peer: apoplexy (-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 “aright”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- antigenic
antigenic
26,139 corpus weight
- aphis
aphis
26,138 corpus weight
- Apia
Apia
26,137 corpus weight
- apoplexy
apoplexy
26,136 corpus weight
- aright
aright
26,135 corpus weight
- Arius
Arius
26,134 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “aright” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aright |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /əˈɹaɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,866 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “aright” in English
Rare enough to double-check
aright is uncommon English at frequency #73,866 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /əˈɹaɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for aright, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English ariȝt, ariht, from Old English āriht (“aright, properly”), from earlier *an riht, on riht (“rightly”), corresponding to a- + right. The correct English form is aright, spelled A-R-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1Rightly, correctly; in the right way or form.
- 2To or on the right-hand side.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aright appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
it is not easie we should so often settle our minds in so regular, so reformed, and so devout a seat, where indeed it ought to be, to pray aright and effectually: otherwise our praiers are not only vaine and unprofitable, but vicious.
Hear him not; call on the names of William, Justine, Clerval, Elizabeth, my father, and of the wretched Victor, and thrust your sword into his heart. I will hover near and direct the steel aright.
Etymology
From Middle English ariȝt, ariht, from Old English āriht (“aright, properly”), from earlier *an riht, on riht (“rightly”), corresponding to a- + right.
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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