heathenly
"heathenly" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“heathenly” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - heathen
Corpus desk
Index EN-heathenly · heathenly · English
heathenly · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heathenly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “heathenly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
heathenly is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "heathen".
heathenly has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English hethenli; equivalent to heathen + -ly. The correct English form is heathenly, spelled H-E-A-T-H-E-N-L-Y.
Definition
- 1heathen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how heathenly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
heathenly peoples
Etymology
From Middle English hethenli; equivalent to heathen + -ly.
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.