causally
"causally" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“causally” is uncommon English (frequency #57,282 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,282
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a causal manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-causally · causally · English
causally · rank #57,282 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,282
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH catatonic
Nearest frequency peer: catatonic (-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 “causally”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- caraway
caraway
42,723 corpus weight
- Castleford
Castleford
42,721 corpus weight
- catatonic
catatonic
42,720 corpus weight
- causally
causally
42,719 corpus weight
- Cenozoic
Cenozoic
42,717 corpus weight
- Centerville
Centerville
42,716 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “causally” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | causally |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,282 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “causally” in English
Rare enough to double-check
causally is uncommon English at frequency #57,282 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a causal manner.".
causally has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From causal + -ly. The correct English form is causally, spelled C-A-U-S-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a causal manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how causally appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sometimes the attempt was made to reduce the inner to the outer world (Condillac, Mach, Avenarius, materialism); sometimes the outer to the inner world (Descartes, Berkeley, Fichte); sometimes the sphere of the absolute to the others (e.g., by trying to infer causally the essence and existence of something divine in general);
Etymology
From causal + -ly.
Synonyms
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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