anecdotally
/ænəkˈdəʊtəli/
"anecdotally" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anecdotally” is an uncommon English word, ranked #57,855 in English word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #57,855
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In an anecdotal manner; by means of a recounted incident.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anecdotally |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ænəkˈdəʊtəli/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #57,855 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anecdotally” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for anecdotally is 11 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ænəkˈdəʊtəli/. Corpus data places it at rank #57,855 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "In an anecdotal manner; by means of a recounted incident.".
Zero misspellings are on record for anecdotally in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anecdotal + -ly. The correct English form is anecdotally, spelled A-N-E-C-D-O-T-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an anecdotal manner; by means of a recounted incident.
Etymology
From anecdotal + -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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Using “anecdotally”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-N-E-C-D-O-T-A-L-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ænəkˈdəʊtəli/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.