horrendously
/həˈɹɛndəsli/
"horrendously" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“horrendously” is an uncommon English word, ranked #69,934 in English word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #69,934
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In a horrendous manner.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | horrendously |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /həˈɹɛndəsli/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #69,934 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “horrendously” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for horrendously is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /həˈɹɛndəsli/. Corpus data places it at rank #69,934 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "In a horrendous manner.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for horrendously in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From horrendous + -ly. The correct English form is horrendously, spelled H-O-R-R-E-N-D-O-U-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a horrendous manner.
Etymology
From horrendous + -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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Using “horrendously”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-O-R-R-E-N-D-O-U-S-L-Y - 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.