haply
/ˈhæpli/obsolete
haply is spelled H-A-P-L-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, haply means “By accident or luck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in haply?
| Letters | 5: H-A-P-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is haply?
Haply appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce haply?
- /ˈhæpli/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-haply.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does haply mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
archaicBy accident or luck.
- 2
archaicPerhaps; by chance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does haply come from?
Inherited from Middle English happely, hapliche, happeliche; equivalent to hap + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).