furiously
/ˈfjʊə̯ɹi.ə̯sli/
"furiously" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“furiously” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,680. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,680
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a furious manner; angrily.
Corpus desk
Index EN-furiously · furiously · English
furiously · rank #22,680 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #22,680
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH functionally
Nearest frequency peer: functionally (-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 “furiously”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Fremantle
Fremantle
77,324 corpus weight
- functionally
functionally
77,322 corpus weight
- furiously
furiously
77,321 corpus weight
- gaping
gaping
77,320 corpus weight
- gator
gator
77,319 corpus weight
- gentry
gentry
77,318 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “furiously” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | furiously |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈfjʊə̯ɹi.ə̯sli/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,680 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “furiously” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around furiously (IPA /ˈfjʊə̯ɹi.ə̯sli/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #22,680 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for furiously, with forms such as "ffuriously", "fruiously", and "fuirously". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "furious", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English furiously; equivalent to furious + -ly. The correct English form is furiously, spelled F-U-R-I-O-U-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a furious manner; angrily.
- 2Quickly; frantically; with great effort or speed.
- 3Intensely, as with embarrassment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how furiously appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He glared furiously at the offender.
Case in point, as Lichfield detailed on Twitter last week: Almost as soon as the "hipster effect" article was published, a man furiously emailed the magazine claiming a photo of him was slanderously used alongside it without his permission. He was, it turned out, mistaken.
Etymology
From Middle English furiously; equivalent to furious + -ly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffuriously
- fruiously
- fuirously
- furiosuly
- furioulsy
- furiouslly
- furiouslyy
- furioussly
- furiousyl
- furiuosly
- furoiusly
- furriously
- ufriously
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of furiously - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "furiously", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
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- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #22,680 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.