# otherworldly

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌʌðəˈwɜːldli/ · frequency rank #35,443

## Definitions
1. Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy, imaginary, or mystical world.
2. Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy, imaginary, or mystical world.
3. Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with spiritual matters.
4. Of or relating to the imagination or intellect.

## Etymology
From other world (“a world beyond death; a world other than the everyday world”) + -ly (suffix meaning having the likeness of, resembling forming adjectives).

## Common misspellings (20)
`ohterworldly`, `otehrworldly`, `otherowrldly`, `otherrworldly`, `otherwolrdly`, `otherwordlly`, `otherworlddly`, `otherworldlly`, `otherworldlyy`, `otherworldyl`, `otherworlldly`, `otherworlldy`, `otherworrldly`, `otherwroldly`, `otherwworldly`, `othewrorldly`, `othherworldly`, `othreworldly`, `ottherworldly`, `toherworldly`

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