guiltylike

adv

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

The verdict

“guiltylike” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - guiltily

Corpus desk

Index EN-guiltylike · guiltylike · English

guiltylike · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for guiltylike
PropertyValue
Headwordguiltylike
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “guiltylike” in English

guiltylikefalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

guiltylike is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "guiltily".

No generated misspelling entries exist for guiltylike in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From guilty + -like. The correct English form is guiltylike, spelled G-U-I-L-T-Y-L-I-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    guiltily

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. No, sure, I cannot think it, / That he would steal away so guiltylike, / Seeing you coming.
  2. Guiltylike I wail my case, shame of sin doth sting my face, spare me, god, who beg for grace.

Etymology

From guilty + -like.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guiltylike"?
"guiltylike" is spelled G-U-I-L-T-Y-L-I-K-E.
What does "guiltylike" mean?
As an adverb, "guiltylike" means: guiltily
What is the origin of the word "guiltylike"?
From guilty + -like. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list