in a hurry
"in-a-hurry" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“in a hurry” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rushed, hurried; short of time.
Corpus desk
Index EN-in-a-hurry · in a hurry · English
in a hurry · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | in a hurry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “in a hurry” in English
Rare enough to double-check
in a hurry is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for in a hurry, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is in a hurry, spelled I-N- -A- -H-U-R-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Rushed, hurried; short of time.
- 2In a hurried manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how in a hurry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I can’t stop now. I'm in rather a hurry.
To worry, worry, super-scurry / Call out the troops now in a hurry
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.