# hourly

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈaʊ̯əli/ · frequency rank #11,043

## Definitions
1. Occurring every hour.
2. Unsalaried, paid by the hour; (by extension) blue-collar.

## Etymology
From hour + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **hurl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hourly-vs-hurl)
- **hours** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hourly-vs-hours)
- **hurry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hourly-vs-hurry)
- **hurley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hourly-vs-hurley)
- **hour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hour-vs-hourly)
- **holy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holy-vs-hourly)
- **holly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holly-vs-hourly)
- **horny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horny-vs-hourly)
- **hotly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hotly-vs-hourly)
- **hooray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooray-vs-hourly)
- **homely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homely-vs-hourly)
- **homily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homily-vs-hourly)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hhourly`, `horuly`, `houlry`, `hourlly`, `hourlyy`, `hourrly`, `houryl`, `huorly`, `ohurly`

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