abysmally
/əˈbɪz.ml̩.i/
"abysmally" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abysmally” is uncommon English (frequency #84,951 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,951
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Very; incredibly; profoundly; to an extreme degree; dreadfully.
Corpus desk
Index EN-abysmally · abysmally · English
abysmally · rank #84,951 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,951
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH abstinent
Nearest frequency peer: abstinent (-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 “abysmally”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Abdurrahman
Abdurrahman
15,053 corpus weight
- abstinent
abstinent
15,051 corpus weight
- abysmally
abysmally
15,050 corpus weight
- acclimation
acclimation
15,049 corpus weight
- accommodati…
accommodative
15,048 corpus weight
- activewear
activewear
15,046 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “abysmally” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abysmally |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /əˈbɪz.ml̩.i/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “abysmally” in English
Rare enough to double-check
abysmally is uncommon English at frequency #84,951 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /əˈbɪz.ml̩.i/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Very; incredibly; profoundly; to an extreme degree; dreadfully.".
No misspelling variants are generated for abysmally in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From abysmal + -ly. The correct English form is abysmally, spelled A-B-Y-S-M-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Very; incredibly; profoundly; to an extreme degree; dreadfully.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abysmally appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Abysmally ignorant
Am I alone in feeling smug (if slatternly) about the news that super-clean homes are a breeding ground for infection? Apparently, all that bleach is bad not just for germs but for children's immune systems, too, and paradoxically causes more disease than it prevents. Not round my gaff. Oh no. My standards of housekeeping are so abysmally low that my eldes…
Etymology
From abysmal + -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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