histologically
"histologically" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“histologically” is uncommon English (frequency #88,423 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,423
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In a histological manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-histologically · histologically · English
histologically · rank #88,423 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,423
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH hitz
Nearest frequency peer: hitz (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “histologically”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Hibbs
Hibbs
11,582 corpus weight
- hield
hield
11,581 corpus weight
- highlife
highlife
11,580 corpus weight
- histologica…
histologically
11,578 corpus weight
- hitz
hitz
11,577 corpus weight
- hok
hok
11,574 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “histologically” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | histologically |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #88,423 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “histologically” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
histologically is uncommon English at frequency #88,423 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a histological manner.".
histologically has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From histological + -ly. The correct English form is histologically, spelled H-I-S-T-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a histological manner.
Etymology
From histological + -ly.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.