zealously
/ˈzɛləsli/
"zealously" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“zealously” is uncommon English (frequency #59,825 among 2,810 “Z” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,825
- frequency rank, English
- 2,810
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Like, or in the manner of, a zealot; with great zeal or zealotry.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zealously |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈzɛləsli/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zealously” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zealously is uncommon English at frequency #59,825 among 2,810 “Z” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈzɛləsli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Like, or in the manner of, a zealot; with great zeal or zealotry.".
zealously doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From zealous + -ly. The correct English form is zealously, spelled Z-E-A-L-O-U-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Like, or in the manner of, a zealot; with great zeal or zealotry.
Etymology
From zealous + -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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Using “zealously”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Z-E-A-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.