astonishingly

Name: astonishingly, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adv

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“astonishingly” has 21 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,385
frequency rank, English: 3,931
“A” headwords: 21
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an astonishing manner; so as to surprise or astonish.

Corpus desk

Index EN-astonishingly · astonishingly · English

astonishingly · rank #34,385 · 21 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #34,385
LEN-MEGA 13 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 21 variants
BOOK-MID 3,931
PHOTO-FINISH asm

Nearest frequency peer: asm (-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.

arrowhead

65,619
ASIC

65,618
asm

65,617
astonishing…

65,616
astonishment

65,615
atone

65,614

What this shows “astonishingly” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

astonishingly vs astonishing

85% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for astonishingly
Property	Value
Headword	astonishingly
Language	English
Part of speech	Adverb
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#34,385
Misspellings tracked	21
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “astonishingly”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).astonishinglylands here:

#34,385

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “asm” (#34,384), “astonishment” (#34,386), “ASIC” (#34,383). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “astonishingly” is #34,385. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around astonishingly, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #34,385 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for astonishingly, with forms such as "asotnishingly", "asstonishingly", and "astnoishingly". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "astonishing", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From astonishing + -ly. The correct English form is astonishingly, spelled A-S-T-O-N-I-S-H-I-N-G-L-Y.

Definition

1
In an astonishing manner; so as to surprise or astonish.
2
Very; remarkably used as an intensifier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Famous hotels, for instance, are astonishingly commonplace.
The advertisements made the place look promising, but the food was astonishingly bad.

Etymology

From astonishing + -ly.

Synonyms

amazingly staggeringly very hugely

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

asotnishingly
asstonishingly
astnoishingly
astoinshingly
astonihsingly
astonishhingly
astonishignly
astonishinggly
astonishinglly
astonishinglyy
astonishingyl
astonishinlgy
astonishinngly
astonishnigly
astonisihngly
astonisshingly
astonnishingly
astonsihingly
asttonishingly
atsonishingly
satonishingly

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of astonishingly - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "astonishingly"

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 "astonishingly"?

"astonishingly" is spelled A-S-T-O-N-I-S-H-I-N-G-L-Y.

What does "astonishingly" mean?

As an adverb, "astonishingly" means: In an astonishing manner; so as to surprise or astonish.

What words are commonly confused with "astonishingly"?

"astonishingly" is commonly confused with "astonishing". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "astonishingly"?

From astonishing + -ly. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "astonishingly", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

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