behaviorally

adv

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"behaviorally" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“behaviorally” is uncommon English (frequency #82,088 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,088
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - With respect to behavior.

Corpus desk

Index EN-behaviorally · behaviorally · English

behaviorally · rank #82,088 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,088
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH Beeman

Nearest frequency peer: Beeman (-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 “behaviorally”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for behaviorally
PropertyValue
Headwordbehaviorally
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters12
Frequency rank#82,088
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “behaviorally” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).behaviorallyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Beeman” (#82,087), “bellarmine” (#82,089), “belligerence” (#82,090). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “behaviorally” is #82,088. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

behaviorally is uncommon English at frequency #82,088 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "With respect to behavior.".

No misspelling variants are generated for behaviorally in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From behavioral + -ly. The correct English form is behaviorally, spelled B-E-H-A-V-I-O-R-A-L-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    With respect to behavior.

Etymology

From behavioral + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "behaviorally"?
"behaviorally" is spelled B-E-H-A-V-I-O-R-A-L-L-Y.
What does "behaviorally" mean?
As an adverb, "behaviorally" means: With respect to behavior.
What is the origin of the word "behaviorally"?
From behavioral + -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 "behaviorally", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

belligerence#82,090antimalarial#82,046Darlinghurst#82,212uneconomical#81,938

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list