# hilly

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhɪli/ · frequency rank #23,300

## Definitions
1. Abundant in hills; having many hills.

## Etymology
From Middle English hilly, hylly, hully, equivalent to hill + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **holy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilly-vs-holy)
- **hull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilly-vs-hull)
- **hilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilly-vs-hilt)
- **Hilo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilly-vs-hilo)
- **holly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilly-vs-holly)
- **hippy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilly-vs-hippy)
- **hotly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilly-vs-hotly)
- **hulls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilly-vs-hulls)
- **holla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilly-vs-holla)
- **Holley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilly-vs-holley)
- **hell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hell-vs-hilly)
- **hall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hall-vs-hilly)
- **hill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hill-vs-hilly)
- **hello** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hello-vs-hilly)
- **hills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hills-vs-hilly)
- **halls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halls-vs-hilly)
- **Haley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haley-vs-hilly)
- **hella** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hella-vs-hilly)
- **Healy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healy-vs-hilly)
- **Halle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halle-vs-hilly)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hhilly`, `hillyy`, `hily`, `hilyl`, `hlily`, `ihlly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hilly