zealously
/ˈzɛləsli/
"zealously" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“zealously” is uncommon English (frequency #59,825 among 265 “Z” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,825
- frequency rank, English
- 265
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Like, or in the manner of, a zealot; with great zeal or zealotry.
Corpus desk
Index EN-zealously · zealously · English
zealously · rank #59,825 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,825
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 265
- PHOTO-FINISH Zavala
Nearest frequency peer: Zavala (-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 “zealously”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- yuppie
yuppie
40,179 corpus weight
- zam
zam
40,178 corpus weight
- Zavala
Zavala
40,177 corpus weight
- zealously
zealously
40,176 corpus weight
- Zell
Zell
40,175 corpus weight
- zinger
zinger
40,173 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “zealously” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “zealously” in English
Rare enough to double-check
zealously is uncommon English at frequency #59,825 among 265 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zealously appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
working zealously
zealously defend someone
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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