catastrophically
adverb
catastrophically is spelled C-A-T-A-S-T-R-O-P-H-I-C-A-L-L-Y: 16 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, catastrophically means “In a catastrophic manner, or to a catastrophic extent; disastrously” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in catastrophically?
| Letters | 16: C-A-T-A-S-T-R-O-P-H-I-C-A-L-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 58,063rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is catastrophically?
Catastrophically appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce catastrophically?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-catastrophically.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of catastrophically
- more catastrophically comparative
- most catastrophically superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does catastrophically mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a catastrophic manner, or to a catastrophic extent; disastrously.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Catastrophically in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a catastrophic manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | catastrophiquement |
| German | katastrophal |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does catastrophically come from?
From catastrophic + -ally.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).