assiduously

adv

"assiduously" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“assiduously” is uncommon English (frequency #56,592 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,592
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an assiduous manner; diligently, industriously.

Corpus desk

Index EN-assiduously · assiduously · English

assiduously · rank #56,592 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,592
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ashfield

Nearest frequency peer: Ashfield (-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 “assiduously”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “assiduously” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for assiduously
PropertyValue
Headwordassiduously
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters11
Frequency rank#56,592
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “assiduously” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).assiduouslyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Ashfield” (#56,591), “astronautics” (#56,593), “arrogantly” (#56,590). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “assiduously” is #56,592. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

assiduously is uncommon English at frequency #56,592 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In an assiduous manner; diligently, industriously.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for assiduously, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From assiduous + -ly. The correct English form is assiduously, spelled A-S-S-I-D-U-O-U-S-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In an assiduous manner; diligently, industriously.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how assiduously appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. He who had appeared rather assiduously to shun her, whose good opinion she had valued, notwithstanding his seeming indifference to her, had now declared himself, and given proofs of a regard the most unequivocal.
  2. They were all too assiduously engaged to talk to us as we passed.

Etymology

From assiduous + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "assiduously"?
"assiduously" is spelled A-S-S-I-D-U-O-U-S-L-Y.
What does "assiduously" mean?
As an adverb, "assiduously" means: In an assiduous manner; diligently, industriously.
What is the origin of the word "assiduously"?
From assiduous + -ly. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list