heartbreakingly

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"heartbreakingly" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“heartbreakingly” is uncommon English (frequency #91,601 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,601
frequency rank, English
2,646
“H” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-heartbreakingly · heartbreakingly · English

heartbreakingly · rank #91,601 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,601
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,646
  • PHOTO-FINISH heigh

Nearest frequency peer: heigh (+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 “heartbreakingly”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for heartbreakingly
PropertyValue
Headwordheartbreakingly
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters15
Frequency rank#91,601
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “heartbreakingly” 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).heartbreakinglyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “heigh” (#91,602), “haveing” (#91,599), “herstory” (#91,604). Among 2,646 “H” headwords, “heartbreakingly” is #91,601. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

heartbreakingly is uncommon English at frequency #91,601 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a heartbreaking manner".

heartbreakingly has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From heartbreaking + -ly. The correct English form is heartbreakingly, spelled H-E-A-R-T-B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In a heartbreaking manner

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. They lost heartbreakingly, with an own goal in the last minute of the match.
  2. Cooper’s death was heartbreakingly familiar: 31 children died of vehicular heatstroke in the United States in 2014, the year the boy died, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Etymology

From heartbreaking + -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 "heartbreakingly"?
"heartbreakingly" is spelled H-E-A-R-T-B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G-L-Y.
What does "heartbreakingly" mean?
As an adverb, "heartbreakingly" means: In a heartbreaking manner
What is the origin of the word "heartbreakingly"?
From heartbreaking + -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 "heartbreakingly", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list