chemically
/ˈkɛm.ɪ.kli/
"chemically" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chemically” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,158. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,158
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Using a chemical reaction, process, or operation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chemically · chemically · English
chemically · rank #21,158 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,158
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chewed
Nearest frequency peer: chewed (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “chemically”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Carmichael
Carmichael
78,846 corpus weight
- catheter
catheter
78,845 corpus weight
- chemically
chemically
78,843 corpus weight
- chewed
chewed
78,842 corpus weight
- cinematogra…
cinematography
78,841 corpus weight
- cleans
cleans
78,840 corpus weight
What this shows “chemically” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chemically |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈkɛm.ɪ.kli/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #21,158 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “chemically”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around chemically (IPA /ˈkɛm.ɪ.kli/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #21,158 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for chemically, with forms such as "cchemically", "cehmically", and "cheimcally". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "chemicals", "comically", "chemical", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From chemical + -ly. The correct English form is chemically, spelled C-H-E-M-I-C-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Using a chemical reaction, process, or operation.
- 2According to the principles of chemistry.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chemically appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This letter, inscribed in a feminine, but irregular hand, and in some places almost illegible, plainly attesting the state of the mind which had dictated it;—stained, too, here and there, with spots of tears, which chemically acted upon by the ink, assumed a strange and reddish hue […]
“This material has a specific hardness and is chemically very stable. It forms naturally from calcium alone, but bacteria accelerate the transformation into calcium carbonate,” explains Alejandro Montesinos, head of the Decarbonization, Climate Change, and Circular Economy Research Group at Tec de Monterrey and a member of the Institute of Advanced Materi…
Etymology
From chemical + -ly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchemically
- cehmically
- cheimcally
- chemcially
- chemiaclly
- chemicallyy
- chemicaly
- chemicalyl
- chemiccally
- chemiclaly
- chemmically
- chhemically
- chmeically
- hcemically
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chemically - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chemically", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).