ceremonially
"ceremonially" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ceremonially” is uncommon English (frequency #83,105 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,105
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a ceremonial manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ceremonially · ceremonially · English
ceremonially · rank #83,105 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,105
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Celebes
Nearest frequency peer: Celebes (-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 “ceremonially”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- catfishing
catfishing
16,898 corpus weight
- Celebes
Celebes
16,897 corpus weight
- ceremonially
ceremonially
16,896 corpus weight
- charioteer
charioteer
16,894 corpus weight
- chavs
chavs
16,892 corpus weight
- cheerily
cheerily
16,891 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ceremonially” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ceremonially |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #83,105 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ceremonially” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ceremonially is uncommon English at frequency #83,105 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a ceremonial manner.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ceremonially, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ceremonial + -ly. The correct English form is ceremonially, spelled C-E-R-E-M-O-N-I-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a ceremonial manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ceremonially appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The woman is next instructed to gather ceremonially the roots of the water chinquapin (Nelumbo lutea) for food for her little ones.
On being enskinned, the successful candidate was ceremonially informed that he was henceforth answerable to all the Wala and not only the Nabihi.
Etymology
From ceremonial + -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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