hypocritically
"hypocritically" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hypocritically” is uncommon English (frequency #85,358 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,358
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in a hypocritical manner
Corpus desk
Index EN-hypocritically · hypocritically · English
hypocritically · rank #85,358 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,358
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hypes
Nearest frequency peer: hypes (-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 “hypocritically”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- huevos
huevos
14,650 corpus weight
- Hyang
Hyang
14,645 corpus weight
- hypes
hypes
14,644 corpus weight
- hypocritica…
hypocritically
14,643 corpus weight
- hypotensive
hypotensive
14,642 corpus weight
- idealize
idealize
14,641 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hypocritically” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hypocritically |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #85,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hypocritically” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hypocritically is uncommon English at frequency #85,358 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in a hypocritical manner".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hypocritically in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hypocritical + -ly. The correct English form is hypocritically, spelled H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1in a hypocritical manner
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hypocritically appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
China is the real threat to security and is hypocritically claiming to uphold U.N. principles of peace, Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Sunday in a rebuff to comments by China's top diplomat at the Munich Security Conference.
Etymology
From hypocritical + -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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