hideously
/ˈhɪd.i.əs.li/
"hideously" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hideously” is uncommon English (frequency #54,835 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,835
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a hideous manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hideously · hideously · English
hideously · rank #54,835 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,835
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH heya
Nearest frequency peer: heya (-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 “hideously”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- heraldic
heraldic
45,169 corpus weight
- hereto
hereto
45,168 corpus weight
- heya
heya
45,167 corpus weight
- hideously
hideously
45,166 corpus weight
- Hofer
Hofer
45,165 corpus weight
- homespun
homespun
45,164 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hideously” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hideously |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈhɪd.i.əs.li/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,835 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hideously” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hideously is uncommon English at frequency #54,835 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈhɪd.i.əs.li/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for hideously in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English hidously; equivalent to hideous + -ly. The correct English form is hideously, spelled H-I-D-E-O-U-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a hideous manner.
- 2To an extreme degree.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hideously appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Speaking now as a condemned criminal might speak ere the drop-bolts are drawn, my story, wild and hideously improbable as it may appear, demands at least attention.
Pack a larger-than-normal hypochondria kit that includes sunscreen, plastic bandages and allergy pills. Such things are hard to find or hideously expensive.
Etymology
From Middle English hidously; equivalent to hideous + -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.
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