childishly
"childishly" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“childishly” is uncommon English (frequency #76,636 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,636
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a childish manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-childishly · childishly · English
childishly · rank #76,636 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,636
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chide
Nearest frequency peer: chide (-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 “childishly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Chawla
Chawla
23,369 corpus weight
- cheapen
cheapen
23,368 corpus weight
- cheesed
cheesed
23,367 corpus weight
- chide
chide
23,366 corpus weight
- childishly
childishly
23,365 corpus weight
- chillax
chillax
23,364 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “childishly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | childishly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #76,636 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “childishly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
childishly is uncommon English at frequency #76,636 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a childish manner.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for childishly in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From childish + -ly. The correct English form is childishly, spelled C-H-I-L-D-I-S-H-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a childish manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how childishly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I knew, of course, it was but an innocent game on her part, a bit of backfisch foolery in imitation of some simulacrum of fake romance, and since (as the psychotherapist, as well as the rapist, will tell you) the limits and rules of such girlish games are fluid, or at least too childishly subtle for the senior partner to grasp—I was dreadfully afraid I mi…
Etymology
From childish + -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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