# lovely

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈlʌv.li/ · frequency rank #1,867

## Definitions
1. Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.
2. Nice; wonderful.
3. Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.
4. Loving, filled with love.

## Etymology
From Middle English lovely, luvelich, lufli, from Old English luflīċ, luflīc (“amiable, loving, lovable”), equivalent to love + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **loves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lovely-vs-loves)
- **lover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lovely-vs-lover)
- **lowly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lovely-vs-lowly)
- **lovey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lovely-vs-lovey)
- **lovers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lovely-vs-lovers)
- **Lowell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lovely-vs-lowell)
- **Lovett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lovely-vs-lovett)
- **lowery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lovely-vs-lowery)
- **love** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/love-vs-lovely)
- **level** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/level-vs-lovely)
- **loved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loved-vs-lovely)
- **lolly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lolly-vs-lovely)
- **likely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/likely-vs-lovely)
- **lately** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lately-vs-lovely)
- **lonely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lonely-vs-lovely)
- **lively** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lively-vs-lovely)
- **loudly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loudly-vs-lovely)
- **livery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/livery-vs-lovely)
- **Lovell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lovell-vs-lovely)
- **loosely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loosely-vs-lovely)

## Common misspellings (9)
`llovely`, `loevly`, `lovelly`, `lovelyy`, `loveyl`, `lovley`, `lovvely`, `lvoely`, `olvely`

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