astronomically
"astronomically" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“astronomically” is uncommon English (frequency #71,293 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,293
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or relating to astronomy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-astronomically · astronomically · English
astronomically · rank #71,293 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,293
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH astrolabe
Nearest frequency peer: astrolabe (-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 “astronomically”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Armistead
Armistead
28,712 corpus weight
- askari
askari
28,710 corpus weight
- astrolabe
astrolabe
28,709 corpus weight
- astronomica…
astronomically
28,708 corpus weight
- Attleboro
Attleboro
28,707 corpus weight
- Augustan
Augustan
28,705 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “astronomically” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | astronomically |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #71,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “astronomically” in English
Rare enough to double-check
astronomically is uncommon English at frequency #71,293 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for astronomically in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From astronomical + -ly. The correct English form is astronomically, spelled A-S-T-R-O-N-O-M-I-C-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to astronomy.
- 2In the extreme, very (typically very large).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how astronomically appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The calculated answer was astronomically large.
Etymology
From astronomical + -ly.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).