achingly
"achingly" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“achingly” is uncommon English (frequency #79,230 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,230
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - So as to cause aching, especially heartache.
Corpus desk
Index EN-achingly · achingly · English
achingly · rank #79,230 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,230
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH adoptee
Nearest frequency peer: adoptee (+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 “achingly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Abbasid
Abbasid
20,773 corpus weight
- achingly
achingly
20,771 corpus weight
- adoptee
adoptee
20,770 corpus weight
- affronted
affronted
20,769 corpus weight
- Akhenaten
Akhenaten
20,765 corpus weight
- Alcala
Alcala
20,760 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “achingly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | achingly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “achingly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
achingly is uncommon English at frequency #79,230 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for achingly, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From aching + -ly. The correct English form is achingly, spelled A-C-H-I-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1So as to cause aching, especially heartache.
- 2In an aching manner; sorely.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how achingly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
achingly beautiful
Etymology
From aching + -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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).