wearily
/ˈwɪɹɪli/
"wearily" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wearily” is uncommon English (frequency #64,119 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,119
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a weary manner; feeling weary.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wearily · wearily · English
wearily · rank #64,119 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,119
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Waynesboro
Nearest frequency peer: Waynesboro (-2 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 “wearily”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- warder
warder
35,886 corpus weight
- Watterson
Watterson
35,885 corpus weight
- Waynesboro
Waynesboro
35,884 corpus weight
- wearily
wearily
35,882 corpus weight
- Weems
Weems
35,880 corpus weight
- weepy
weepy
35,879 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “wearily” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wearily |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈwɪɹɪli/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “wearily” in English
Rare enough to double-check
wearily is uncommon English at frequency #64,119 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈwɪɹɪli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for wearily in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English werily, werelye, equivalent to weary + -ly. The correct English form is wearily, spelled W-E-A-R-I-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a weary manner; feeling weary.
- 2In a weary manner; causing weariness.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wearily appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Yes," said Marvin. "Wearily I sit here, pain and misery my only companions."
People living in the Portishead area have grown wearily familiar with delays and cost overruns since reopening the railway (part of the MetroWest project) was approved in 2012.
Etymology
From Middle English werily, werelye, equivalent to weary + -ly.
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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