gorgeously

adv

"gorgeously" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“gorgeously” is uncommon English (frequency #56,776 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,776
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a gorgeous manner.

Corpus desk

Index EN-gorgeously · gorgeously · English

gorgeously · rank #56,776 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,776
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH gimmicky

Nearest frequency peer: gimmicky (-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 “gorgeously”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “gorgeously” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gorgeously
PropertyValue
Headwordgorgeously
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters10
Frequency rank#56,776
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “gorgeously” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).gorgeouslyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “gimmicky” (#56,775), “gossamer” (#56,777), “gramercy” (#56,778). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “gorgeously” is #56,776. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gorgeously is uncommon English at frequency #56,776 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a gorgeous manner.".

gorgeously doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From gorgeous + -ly. The correct English form is gorgeously, spelled G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In a gorgeous manner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gorgeously appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Some of these were dressed most gorgeously, others becomingly, and several sneaked in with fantail bangers, calling themselves "Gentlemen of the Nineteenth Century."
  2. What other television show would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill them, destroy an Asian city with their bare hands like vengeance-crazed monster-Gods?

Etymology

From gorgeous + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gorgeously"?
"gorgeously" is spelled G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S-L-Y.
What does "gorgeously" mean?
As an adverb, "gorgeously" means: In a gorgeous manner.
What is the origin of the word "gorgeously"?
From gorgeous + -ly. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gorgeously", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list