heavenly
/ˈhɛvənli/
"heavenly" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“heavenly” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #10,222 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #10,222
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or pertaining to the heaven believed in by many religions.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heavenly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈhɛvənli/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “heavenly” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for heavenly is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈhɛvənli/. Corpus data places it at rank #10,222 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for heavenly, with forms such as "ehavenly", "haevenly", and "heaevnly". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "heavily", "heavens", "heaven", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English hevenely, hevenly, from Old English heofonlīċ (“heavenly, celestial; chaste”); equivalent to heaven + -ly. The correct English form is heavenly, spelled H-E-A-V-E-N-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to the heaven believed in by many religions.
- 2Synonym of celestial: of or pertaining to the heavens, the sky regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
- 3Of or pertaining to the kingdom of God.
- 4Strongly or sublimely beautiful or pleasurable.
Etymology
From Middle English hevenely, hevenly, from Old English heofonlīċ (“heavenly, celestial; chaste”); equivalent to heaven + -ly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ehavenly,haevenly,heaevnly,heavelny,heavenlly,heavenlyy,heavennly,heavenyl,heavnely,heavvenly,hevaenly,hheavenly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of heavenly - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “heavenly”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-E-A-V-E-N-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈhɛvənli/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “heavily” - see the side-by-side comparison. heavenly vs heavily
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.