ceremoniously
"ceremoniously" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ceremoniously” is uncommon English (frequency #81,216 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,216
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a ceremonious manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ceremoniously · ceremoniously · English
ceremoniously · rank #81,216 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,216
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chainmail
Nearest frequency peer: chainmail (+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 “ceremoniously”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ceasar
Ceasar
18,788 corpus weight
- ceremonious…
ceremoniously
18,785 corpus weight
- chainmail
chainmail
18,784 corpus weight
- chamfered
chamfered
18,782 corpus weight
- Chardon
Chardon
18,781 corpus weight
- chateaubria…
chateaubriand
18,780 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ceremoniously” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ceremoniously |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #81,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ceremoniously” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ceremoniously is uncommon English at frequency #81,216 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a ceremonious manner.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ceremoniously in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ceremonious + -ly. The correct English form is ceremoniously, spelled C-E-R-E-M-O-N-I-O-U-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a ceremonious manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ceremoniously appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
After a simply marvelous, entertaining two and a half hour meal, they reclaimed their shoes and ceremoniously bid their sayonaras to the Japanese girls.
Etymology
From ceremonious + -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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).