herewith

adv

Detailed reference entry for the English word "herewith", 8-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "herewith" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "herewith" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

The verdict

“herewith” is an uncommon English word, ranked #60,154 in English word frequency and used as an adverb.

#60,154
frequency rank, English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - with this; especially, with this letter or communication

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Key facts for herewith
PropertyValue
Headwordherewith
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,154
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “herewith” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). herewith lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for herewith is 8 letters long, classified as an adverb. Corpus data places it at rank #60,154 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for herewith in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English herwith or her-with, from late Old English herwiþ. By surface analysis, here + with. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is herewith, spelled H-E-R-E-W-I-T-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    with this; especially, with this letter or communication
  2. 2
    by this means
  3. 3
    in this way, hereby

Etymology

From Middle English herwith or her-with, from late Old English herwiþ. By surface analysis, here + with.

This word in other languages

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "herewith"?
"herewith" is spelled H-E-R-E-W-I-T-H.
What does "herewith" mean?
As an adverb, "herewith" means: with this; especially, with this letter or communication
What is the origin of the word "herewith"?
From Middle English herwith or her-with, from late Old English herwiþ. By surface analysis, here + with. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “herewith”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is H-E-R-E-W-I-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.

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