apocalyptically
/əˈpɒ.kə.lɪp.tɪkəli/
"apocalyptically" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“apocalyptically” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an apocalyptic manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-apocalyptically · apocalyptically · English
apocalyptically · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apocalyptically |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /əˈpɒ.kə.lɪp.tɪkəli/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “apocalyptically” in English
Rare enough to double-check
apocalyptically is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed /əˈpɒ.kə.lɪp.tɪkəli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for apocalyptically in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From apocalyptic + -ally. The correct English form is apocalyptically, spelled A-P-O-C-A-L-Y-P-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an apocalyptic manner.
- 2In a manner portending future disaster, devastation, and doom.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apocalyptically appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aerial warfare and the atomic bomb, which he “invented” in The War in the Air (1908) and The World Set Free (1914), have proved as apocalyptically destructive as he prophesied.
I hope I appear not to speak too apocalyptically in saying that the problem is still there to minister to our interest and perhaps even a little to our anxiety.
Etymology
From apocalyptic + -ally.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.