broadly
/ˈbɹɔːd.li/
"broadly" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“broadly” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,290. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,290
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Widely and openly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-broadly · broadly · English
broadly · rank #9,290 · 11 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,290
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bot
Nearest frequency peer: bot (-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 “broadly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Belgian
Belgian
90,714 corpus weight
- bibliography
bibliography
90,713 corpus weight
- bot
bot
90,712 corpus weight
- broadly
broadly
90,711 corpus weight
- calcium
calcium
90,710 corpus weight
- Calvin
Calvin
90,709 corpus weight
What this shows “broadly” 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 | broadly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈbɹɔːd.li/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,290 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “broadly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around broadly (IPA /ˈbɹɔːd.li/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #9,290 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for broadly, with forms such as "bbroadly", "boradly", and "braodly". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "brody", "Broadway", "broad", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From broad + -ly. The correct English form is broadly, spelled B-R-O-A-D-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Widely and openly.
- 2Broadly speaking; in a wide manner; liberally; in a loose sense.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how broadly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[W]hen he caught sight of her running towards him like that, he smiled broadly.
All these were based broadly on the management framework of the old companies, except that the former Southern and North Eastern Areas of the old L.N.E.R. became separate management units, while the former L.M.S.R. and L.N.E.R. lines north of the Border were fused into a self-contained Scottish Region.
Etymology
From broad + -ly.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbroadly
- boradly
- braodly
- broaddly
- broadlly
- broadlyy
- broadyl
- broaldy
- brodaly
- brroadly
- rboadly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of broadly - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "broadly", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).