begrudgingly
"begrudgingly" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“begrudgingly” is uncommon English (frequency #60,649 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,649
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a begrudging manner; in a manner that is envious or reluctant.
Corpus desk
Index EN-begrudgingly · begrudgingly · English
begrudgingly · rank #60,649 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,649
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Begley
Nearest frequency peer: Begley (-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 “begrudgingly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Baugh
Baugh
39,357 corpus weight
- bayan
bayan
39,356 corpus weight
- Begley
Begley
39,353 corpus weight
- begrudgingly
begrudgingly
39,352 corpus weight
- belching
belching
39,351 corpus weight
- Bhutanese
Bhutanese
39,349 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “begrudgingly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | begrudgingly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #60,649 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “begrudgingly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
begrudgingly is uncommon English at frequency #60,649 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a begrudging manner; in a manner that is envious or reluctant.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for begrudgingly, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From begrudging + -ly. The correct English form is begrudgingly, spelled B-E-G-R-U-D-G-I-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a begrudging manner; in a manner that is envious or reluctant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how begrudgingly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Although British involvement in the slave trade prior to 1807 cannot be denied, or its effects diminished, it is also a fact that the Royal Navy was pretty much the only force in the world in the 19th century with the numbers, drive, willingness, firepower, and capability to curtail the global slave trade, and that, without these efforts, many more would…
Etymology
From begrudging + -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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).