asexually
"asexually" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“asexually” is uncommon English (frequency #93,413 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,413
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an asexual manner; without having sex.
Corpus desk
Index EN-asexually · asexually · English
asexually · rank #93,413 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,413
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Arrowverse
Nearest frequency peer: Arrowverse (-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 “asexually”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- arber
arber
6,596 corpus weight
- arborist
arborist
6,595 corpus weight
- Ardern
Ardern
6,593 corpus weight
- Arla
Arla
6,592 corpus weight
- Arrowverse
Arrowverse
6,589 corpus weight
- asexually
asexually
6,588 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “asexually” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asexually |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,413 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “asexually” in English
Rare enough to double-check
asexually is uncommon English at frequency #93,413 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In an asexual manner; without having sex.".
Zero misspellings are on record for asexually in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From asexual + -ly. The correct English form is asexually, spelled A-S-E-X-U-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an asexual manner; without having sex.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how asexually appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Amoebas reproduce asexually.
One of the pioneers was a French plant scientist named Georges Morel who figured out how to produce asexually thousands of identical orchids from one plant through cloning instead of breeding from seed.
Etymology
From asexual + -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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