eulogy
/ˈjuː.lə.d͡ʒi/
"eulogy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eulogy” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #28,197 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #28,197
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eulogy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈjuː.lə.d͡ʒi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #28,197 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “eulogy” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for eulogy is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈjuː.lə.d͡ʒi/. Corpus data places it at rank #28,197 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for eulogy, with forms such as "eluogy", "eulgoy", and "eullogy". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "elegy", "ecology", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English wloge (“commendation of the virtues of a deceased person”), from Latin eulogium, apparently from a confusion between ēlogium (whence English elogium, elogy) and eulogia (from Ancient Greek εὐλογία (eulogía, “praise”), whence English eulo… The correct English form is eulogy, spelled E-U-L-O-G-Y.
Definition
- 1An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.
- 2Speaking highly of someone or something; the act of praising or commending someone or something.
Etymology
From Middle English wloge (“commendation of the virtues of a deceased person”), from Latin eulogium, apparently from a confusion between ēlogium (whence English elogium, elogy) and eulogia (from Ancient Greek εὐλογία (eulogía, “praise”), whence English eulogia); equivalent to eu- + logia ("good words"). Doublet of eulogium.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eluogy,eulgoy,eullogy,euloggy,eulogyy,euloyg,euolgy,uelogy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eulogy - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “eulogy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-U-L-O-G-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈjuː.lə.d͡ʒi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “elegy” - see the side-by-side comparison. eulogy vs elegy
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.