scrupulously
/ˈskɹuːpjʊləsli/
"scrupulously" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“scrupulously” is uncommon English (frequency #54,466 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,466
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In a careful manner, with scruple; done with careful attention to detail.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scrupulously |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈskɹuːpjʊləsli/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #54,466 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “scrupulously” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
scrupulously is uncommon English at frequency #54,466 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈskɹuːpjʊləsli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a careful manner, with scruple; done with careful attention to detail.".
No misspelling variants are generated for scrupulously in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From scrupulous + -ly, from Middle French scrupuleux, from Latin scrūpulōsus (“careful, scrupulous”), from scrūpulus (“anxiety, uneasiness”), diminutive from scrūpus (“sharp stone; anxiety”) + -ulus. The correct English form is scrupulously, spelled S-C-R-U-P-U-L-O-U-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a careful manner, with scruple; done with careful attention to detail.
Etymology
From scrupulous + -ly, from Middle French scrupuleux, from Latin scrūpulōsus (“careful, scrupulous”), from scrūpulus (“anxiety, uneasiness”), diminutive from scrūpus (“sharp stone; anxiety”) + -ulus.
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); 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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Using “scrupulously”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-C-R-U-P-U-L-O-U-S-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.