capably
"capably" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“capably” is uncommon English (frequency #81,205 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,205
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a capable manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-capably · capably · English
capably · rank #81,205 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,205
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Carnatic
Nearest frequency peer: Carnatic (+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 “capably”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Cada
Cada
18,801 corpus weight
- Caiaphas
Caiaphas
18,800 corpus weight
- capably
capably
18,796 corpus weight
- Carnatic
Carnatic
18,795 corpus weight
- Carolinian
Carolinian
18,794 corpus weight
- catsuit
catsuit
18,791 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “capably” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capably |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,205 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “capably” in English
Rare enough to double-check
capably is uncommon English at frequency #81,205 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a capable manner.".
capably doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 capable + -ly. The correct English form is capably, spelled C-A-P-A-B-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a capable manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how capably appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They will all go down in polar history as leaders, these men. I believe Bowers would also have made a great name for himself if he had lived, and few polar ships have been commanded as capably as was the Terra Nova, by Pennell.
Pederson capably channeled the emotions of every Dodgers fan in the building, punctuating his rowdy trip around the bases with a fist in the air, a chest-thump, a get-on-your-feet gesture to the crowd and a double-barreled finger-point to his dugout.
Etymology
From capable + -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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