southeasterly
"southeasterly" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“southeasterly” is uncommon English (frequency #73,647 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,647
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - situated in, or pointing to, the southeast
Corpus desk
Index EN-southeasterly · southeasterly · English
southeasterly · rank #73,647 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,647
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Soyinka
Nearest frequency peer: Soyinka (+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 “southeasterly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- SoCo
SoCo
26,358 corpus weight
- Sokolov
Sokolov
26,357 corpus weight
- southeaster…
southeasterly
26,354 corpus weight
- Soyinka
Soyinka
26,353 corpus weight
- spammy
spammy
26,352 corpus weight
- sparkler
sparkler
26,351 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “southeasterly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | southeasterly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #73,647 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “southeasterly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
southeasterly is uncommon English at frequency #73,647 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for southeasterly in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From south + easterly. The correct English form is southeasterly, spelled S-O-U-T-H-E-A-S-T-E-R-L-Y.
Definition
- 1situated in, or pointing to, the southeast
- 2coming from the southeast
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how southeasterly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The people of the southeasterly clusters—concerning whom, however, but little is known—have a bad name as cannibals; and for that reason their hospitality is seldom taxed by the mariner.
Etymology
From south + easterly.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).