throughly
/ˈθɹuːli/
"throughly" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“throughly” is uncommon English (frequency #78,198 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,198
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Thoroughly, completely.
Corpus desk
Index EN-throughly · throughly · English
throughly · rank #78,198 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,198
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH thuggery
Nearest frequency peer: thuggery (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “throughly”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- thew
thew
21,806 corpus weight
- throughly
throughly
21,803 corpus weight
- thuggery
thuggery
21,802 corpus weight
- Tidwell
Tidwell
21,800 corpus weight
- Tiffani
Tiffani
21,798 corpus weight
- Timmy's
Timmy's
21,797 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “throughly” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | throughly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈθɹuːli/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,198 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “throughly” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
throughly is uncommon English at frequency #78,198 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈθɹuːli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Thoroughly, completely.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for throughly, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From through + -ly. The correct English form is throughly, spelled T-H-R-O-U-G-H-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Thoroughly, completely.
Etymology
From through + -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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.