avowedly
/əˈvaʊ.ɪd.li/
"avowedly" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“avowedly” is uncommon English (frequency #94,546 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,546
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - With open acknowledgment, declaration or verification.
Corpus desk
Index EN-avowedly · avowedly · English
avowedly · rank #94,546 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,546
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Austronesian
Nearest frequency peer: Austronesian (-2 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 “avowedly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Asmodeus
Asmodeus
5,462 corpus weight
- assertively
assertively
5,461 corpus weight
- Austronesian
Austronesian
5,457 corpus weight
- avowedly
avowedly
5,455 corpus weight
- Ayling
Ayling
5,453 corpus weight
- Azizi
Azizi
5,452 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “avowedly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avowedly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /əˈvaʊ.ɪd.li/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “avowedly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
avowedly is uncommon English at frequency #94,546 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /əˈvaʊ.ɪd.li/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "With open acknowledgment, declaration or verification.".
Zero misspellings are on record for avowedly in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From avowed + -ly. The correct English form is avowedly, spelled A-V-O-W-E-D-L-Y.
Definition
- 1With open acknowledgment, declaration or verification.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avowedly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
'Tvvas eaſie for me to repreſent to You hovv unfiniſhed and unpoliſhed the Trifles you called for, vvere, eſpecially conſidering that the Immatureneſs of ſome of them vvould not probably be the Chief thing that vvould make many think they come forth Vnſeaſonably, ſince they avovvedly Aim at the Perſuading and Teaching men to Improve their Thoughts, […]
Given the 'saffronization' of Congress, the 'ethnoreligious purification' of the BJP, and the parturition of the avowedly secular parties (CPI, SJP and BSP) […]
Etymology
From avowed + -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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