accidently
"accidently" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“accidently” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,363. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,363
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.
Corpus desk
Index EN-accidently · accidently · English
accidently · rank #34,363 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,363
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH adaptability
Nearest frequency peer: adaptability (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “accidently”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Zia
Zia
65,644 corpus weight
- 2p
2p
65,642 corpus weight
- accidently
accidently
65,638 corpus weight
- adaptability
adaptability
65,636 corpus weight
- Aetna
Aetna
65,633 corpus weight
- aggressiven…
aggressiveness
65,632 corpus weight
What this shows “accidently” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | accidently |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #34,363 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “accidently”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around accidently, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #34,363 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for accidently, with forms such as "accdiently", "acciddently", and "accidenlty". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "accident", "accidental", "accidentally", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English accidently, accidentli (“by chance; temporarily; artificially”), equivalent to accident + -ly. The correct English form is accidently, spelled A-C-C-I-D-E-N-T-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how accidently appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[T]he exceptions remind me of an ingenious conjecture respecting Newton: that he was probably a being of a superior order, accidently caged in a human body.
As I arrived at the foot of the hill I overtook two ladies, whom I passed. As I did so, I brushed one of them accidently on the arm.
Etymology
From Middle English accidently, accidentli (“by chance; temporarily; artificially”), equivalent to accident + -ly.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- accdiently
- acciddently
- accidenlty
- accidenntly
- accidentlly
- accidentlyy
- accidenttly
- accidentyl
- accidetnly
- accidnetly
- acciedntly
- acicdently
- acidently
- cacidently
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accidently - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).