accordingly
/əˈkɔɹ.dɪŋ.li/
"accordingly" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“accordingly” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,858. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,858
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably
Corpus desk
Index EN-accordingly · accordingly · English
accordingly · rank #6,858 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #6,858
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH accommodate
Nearest frequency peer: accommodate (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “accordingly”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- verdict
verdict
93,146 corpus weight
- abandon
abandon
93,145 corpus weight
- accommodate
accommodate
93,144 corpus weight
- accordingly
accordingly
93,143 corpus weight
- aesthetic
aesthetic
93,142 corpus weight
- algorithm
algorithm
93,141 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “accordingly” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | accordingly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /əˈkɔɹ.dɪŋ.li/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #6,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “accordingly” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around accordingly (IPA /əˈkɔɹ.dɪŋ.li/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #6,858 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for accordingly, with forms such as "accodringly", "accorddingly", and "accordignly". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "according", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English acordingli, equivalent to according + -ly. The correct English form is accordingly, spelled A-C-C-O-R-D-I-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably
- 2In natural sequence; consequently; so.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how accordingly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was absent when I called, and I accordingly left my card.
We may the number of ships behold, and so proceed accordingly.
Etymology
From Middle English acordingli, equivalent to according + -ly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- accodringly
- accorddingly
- accordignly
- accordinggly
- accordinglly
- accordinglyy
- accordingyl
- accordinlgy
- accordinngly
- accordnigly
- accoridngly
- accorrdingly
- accrodingly
- acocrdingly
- acordingly
- cacordingly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accordingly - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "accordingly", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
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.