anecdotally
/ænəkˈdəʊtəli/
"anecdotally" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anecdotally” is uncommon English (frequency #57,855 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,855
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an anecdotal manner; by means of a recounted incident.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anecdotally · anecdotally · English
anecdotally · rank #57,855 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,855
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH anticoagulant
Nearest frequency peer: anticoagulant (+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 “anecdotally”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Aliyev
Aliyev
42,151 corpus weight
- alums
alums
42,150 corpus weight
- anecdotally
anecdotally
42,146 corpus weight
- anticoagula…
anticoagulant
42,145 corpus weight
- Antonov
Antonov
42,143 corpus weight
- apprehending
apprehending
42,141 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “anecdotally” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “anecdotally” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anecdotally is uncommon English at frequency #57,855 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ænəkˈdəʊtəli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anecdotally appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As it was an informal hearing, the evidence was presented anecdotally.
Yes, cockroaches wallow in filth, but a case of food poisoning is probably about as bad as it gets if one of those pests skitters across your slice of pizza – a stroll through the park compared to malaria, yellow fever or dengue fever. Still, anecdotally, many people suffer from katsaridaphobia, or cockroach phobia.
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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