actively
/ˈæktɪvli/
"actively" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“actively” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,816. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,816
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an active manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-actively · actively · English
actively · rank #4,816 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,816
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Aaron
Nearest frequency peer: Aaron (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “actively”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- wider
wider
95,188 corpus weight
- wound
wound
95,187 corpus weight
- Aaron
Aaron
95,186 corpus weight
- actively
actively
95,185 corpus weight
- Afghanistan
Afghanistan
95,184 corpus weight
- ai
ai
95,183 corpus weight
What this shows “actively” 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 | actively |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈæktɪvli/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,816 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “actively”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around actively (IPA /ˈæktɪvli/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #4,816 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for actively, with forms such as "acctively", "acitvely", and "actievly". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "activity", "active", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From late Middle English actyvely; equivalent to active + -ly. The correct English form is actively, spelled A-C-T-I-V-E-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an active manner.
- 2In the active form; not passive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how actively appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was actively listening.
She was actively working, not “sleeping on the job”.
Etymology
From late Middle English actyvely; equivalent to active + -ly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acctively
- acitvely
- actievly
- activelly
- activelyy
- activeyl
- activley
- activvely
- acttively
- actviely
- atcively
- catively
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of actively - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "actively", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).