girly
/ˈɡɝli/
"girly" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“girly” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,526. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,526
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle; unmasculine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-girly · girly · English
girly · rank #21,526 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,526
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gated
Nearest frequency peer: gated (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “girly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- FTC
FTC
78,477 corpus weight
- gated
gated
78,476 corpus weight
- girly
girly
78,475 corpus weight
- glam
glam
78,474 corpus weight
- glorified
glorified
78,473 corpus weight
- goth
goth
78,472 corpus weight
What this shows “girly” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | girly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɡɝli/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #21,526 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “girly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around girly (IPA /ˈɡɝli/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,526 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for girly, with forms such as "ggirly", "gilry", and "girlly". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grey", "gray", "giro", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From girl + -y (adjectival sufix). The correct English form is girly, spelled G-I-R-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle; unmasculine.
- 2Of, or pertaining to, a young, attractive woman; especially one who is scantily clad.
- 3Weak; wussy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how girly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As a mom of two girls – including one who hopes Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos calls her to play on his team in this week’s Super Bowl – I can totally relate. I, along with so many other parents, am frustrated about the definitions of what’s girly and what’s not, and the separate products and clothing offered to girls and boys.
The Forever21 of Korean makeup, Etude House is geared toward the girliest of girls – and Japanese tourists.
Etymology
From girl + -y (adjectival sufix).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggirly
- gilry
- girlly
- girlyy
- girrly
- giryl
- grily
- igrly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of girly - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "girly", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).