ambitiously
[ɛəːmˈbɪʃəs.li]
"ambitiously" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ambitiously” is uncommon English (frequency #91,222 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,222
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an ambitious manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ambitiously · ambitiously · English
ambitiously · rank #91,222 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,222
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Alvord
Nearest frequency peer: Alvord (-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 “ambitiously”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Alvord
Alvord
8,780 corpus weight
- ambitiously
ambitiously
8,779 corpus weight
- amendatory
amendatory
8,778 corpus weight
- amyl
amyl
8,777 corpus weight
- Anant
Anant
8,776 corpus weight
- Anelka
Anelka
8,773 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ambitiously” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ambitiously |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ɛəːmˈbɪʃəs.li] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #91,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ambitiously” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ambitiously is uncommon English at frequency #91,222 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ɛəːmˈbɪʃəs.li]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In an ambitious manner.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ambitiously, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ambitious + -ly. The correct English form is ambitiously, spelled A-M-B-I-T-I-O-U-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an ambitious manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ambitiously appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
by ambitiously heaping up the conceits and authorities of other men, increase much in the bulk, but do as much imbase in true value
Many of New York's most celebrated personalities hitch-hiked here, or rode the rails from wherever it was that they spent their youth dreaming ambitiously.
Etymology
From ambitious + -ly.
This word in other languages
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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