callously
"callously" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“callously” is uncommon English (frequency #80,287 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,287
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In a callous manner; done without regard to others' sensitivities.
Corpus desk
Index EN-callously · callously · English
callously · rank #80,287 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,287
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH camas
Nearest frequency peer: camas (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “callously”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Caffrey
Caffrey
19,717 corpus weight
- caisson
caisson
19,716 corpus weight
- callously
callously
19,714 corpus weight
- camas
camas
19,713 corpus weight
- Camillus
Camillus
19,712 corpus weight
- campanella
campanella
19,711 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “callously” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | callously |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,287 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “callously” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
callously is uncommon English at frequency #80,287 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a callous manner; done without regard to others' sensitivities.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for callously, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From callous + -ly. The correct English form is callously, spelled C-A-L-L-O-U-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a callous manner; done without regard to others' sensitivities.
Etymology
From callous + -ly.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.