absentmindedly
"absentmindedly" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“absentmindedly” is uncommon English (frequency #89,068 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,068
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of absent-mindedly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-absentmindedly · absentmindedly · English
absentmindedly · rank #89,068 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,068
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH abend
Nearest frequency peer: abend (-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 “absentmindedly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- abdicating
abdicating
10,938 corpus weight
- abductees
abductees
10,937 corpus weight
- abducts
abducts
10,936 corpus weight
- abend
abend
10,935 corpus weight
- absentminde…
absentmindedly
10,933 corpus weight
- Adarsh
Adarsh
10,929 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “absentmindedly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | absentmindedly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #89,068 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “absentmindedly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
absentmindedly is uncommon English at frequency #89,068 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of absent-mindedly.".
absentmindedly has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From absentminded + -ly. The correct English form is absentmindedly, spelled A-B-S-E-N-T-M-I-N-D-E-D-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of absent-mindedly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how absentmindedly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Across the aisle, she was absentmindedly fiddling with a loose piece of yarn that had unraveled from her sweater, wrapping it around her finger the same way Derek was wrapped around her finger. And she didn't even know it. Hoo-boy. She killed him.
Etymology
From absentminded + -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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