tearfully
"tearfully" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tearfully” is uncommon English (frequency #53,903 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,903
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a tearful manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tearfully · tearfully · English
tearfully · rank #53,903 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,903
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Taoism
Nearest frequency peer: Taoism (-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 “tearfully”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- symmetrical…
symmetrically
46,102 corpus weight
- Tahitian
Tahitian
46,101 corpus weight
- Taoism
Taoism
46,099 corpus weight
- tearfully
tearfully
46,098 corpus weight
- telemarketi…
telemarketing
46,096 corpus weight
- tempestuous
tempestuous
46,095 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tearfully” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tearfully |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,903 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tearfully” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tearfully is uncommon English at frequency #53,903 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a tearful manner.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tearfully in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tearful + -ly. The correct English form is tearfully, spelled T-E-A-R-F-U-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a tearful manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tearfully appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She was on her knees with her arms round Andrew's neck before he could prevent her. Her eyes were tearfully agleam, as, audibly reckless, she sobbed[.]
Ellis on Tuesday tearfully confessed to the felony of aiding and abetting false statements that she and other lawyers told Peach State lawmakers.
Etymology
From tearful + -ly.
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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