catastrophically
"catastrophically" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“catastrophically” is uncommon English (frequency #57,927 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,927
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a catastrophic manner, or to a catastrophic extent; disastrously.
Corpus desk
Index EN-catastrophically · catastrophically · English
catastrophically · rank #57,927 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,927
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Castilian
Nearest frequency peer: Castilian (-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 “catastrophically”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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carting
42,077 corpus weight
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castello
42,076 corpus weight
- Castilian
Castilian
42,075 corpus weight
- catastrophi…
catastrophically
42,074 corpus weight
- Catriona
Catriona
42,073 corpus weight
- centralize
centralize
42,071 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “catastrophically” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catastrophically |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #57,927 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “catastrophically” in English
Rare enough to double-check
catastrophically is uncommon English at frequency #57,927 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a catastrophic manner, or to a catastrophic extent; disastrously.".
No misspelling variants are generated for catastrophically in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From catastrophic + -ally. The correct English form is catastrophically, spelled C-A-T-A-S-T-R-O-P-H-I-C-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a catastrophic manner, or to a catastrophic extent; disastrously.
Etymology
From catastrophic + -ally.
This word in other languages
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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