belatedly
"belatedly" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“belatedly” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,615. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,615
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a belated manner; tardily.
Corpus desk
Index EN-belatedly · belatedly · English
belatedly · rank #48,615 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #48,615
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH begrudge
Nearest frequency peer: begrudge (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “belatedly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Beaulieu
Beaulieu
51,388 corpus weight
- begrudge
begrudge
51,387 corpus weight
- belatedly
belatedly
51,386 corpus weight
- Benadryl
Benadryl
51,385 corpus weight
- Bernd
Bernd
51,384 corpus weight
- Biggar
Biggar
51,383 corpus weight
What this shows “belatedly” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | belatedly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,615 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “belatedly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around belatedly, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #48,615 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a belated manner; tardily.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for belatedly, with forms such as "bbelatedly", "bealtedly", and "belaetdly". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "belated", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From belated + -ly. The correct English form is belatedly, spelled B-E-L-A-T-E-D-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a belated manner; tardily.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how belatedly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bennett was belatedly sent off for a second yellow card after fouling Brahim Diaz in added time but there was no shame in Cardiff losing to a City side who have enjoyed similar dominance over far superior teams this season.
However, the Japanese battleships and cruisers now come to Chikumas aid, and, within ten minutes, the Roberts is knocked out of action, as the Japanese ships firing at her also belatedly' switch to high explosive, and, within minutes of this change, several massive holes are blasted into her side and she begins to sink.
Etymology
From belated + -ly.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbelatedly
- bealtedly
- belaetdly
- belatdely
- belateddly
- belatedlly
- belatedlyy
- belatedyl
- belateldy
- belattedly
- bellatedly
- beltaedly
- bleatedly
- eblatedly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of belatedly - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Same letter count
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