hereupon

adv

"hereupon" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Immediately afterwards; at this.

Corpus desk

Index EN-hereupon · hereupon · English

hereupon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" 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 hereupon
PropertyValue
Headwordhereupon
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “hereupon” in English

hereuponranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

hereupon is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Immediately afterwards; at this.".

hereupon has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From here + upon. Spelled as two words before the 16th century. The correct English form is hereupon, spelled H-E-R-E-U-P-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Immediately afterwards; at this.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Laſtly, One way more there may be of miſtake, at that not unuſuall among us, grounded upon a double compute of the year; the one beginning from the 25 of March, the other from the day of our birth unto the ſame again, which is the naturall account. Now hereupon many men frequently miſcaſt their daies; for in their age they diduce the account not from the…
  2. Again, be it that some nocive or hurtful thing be towards us, must Fear of necessity follow hereupon?

Etymology

From here + upon. Spelled as two words before the 16th century.

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 "hereupon"?
"hereupon" is spelled H-E-R-E-U-P-O-N.
What does "hereupon" mean?
As an adverb, "hereupon" means: Immediately afterwards; at this.
What is the origin of the word "hereupon"?
From here + upon. Spelled as two words before the 16th century. 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