coincidentally

Name: coincidentally, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adv

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“coincidentally” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,162. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,162
frequency rank, English: 5,599
“C” headwords: 20
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a coincidental manner.

Corpus desk

Index EN-coincidentally · coincidentally · English

coincidentally · rank #21,162 · 20 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #21,162
LEN-MEGA 14 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 20 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,599
PHOTO-FINISH cleans

Nearest frequency peer: cleans (-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.

chemically

78,843
chewed

78,842
cinematogra…

78,841
cleans

78,840
coincidenta…

78,839
commandant

78,837

What this shows “coincidentally” 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).

coincidentally vs coincidental

86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for coincidentally
Property	Value
Headword	coincidentally
Language	English
Part of speech	Adverb
Letters	14
Frequency rank	#21,162
Misspellings tracked	20
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “coincidentally”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).coincidentallylands here:

#21,162

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “cleans” (#21,161), “cinematography” (#21,160), “commandant” (#21,164). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “coincidentally” is #21,162. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around coincidentally, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #21,162 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a coincidental manner.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for coincidentally, with forms such as "ccoincidentally", "cioncidentally", and "coicnidentally". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "coincidental", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From coincidental + -ly. The correct English form is coincidentally, spelled C-O-I-N-C-I-D-E-N-T-A-L-L-Y.

Definition

1
In a coincidental manner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how coincidentally appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Near-synonyms: incidentally, happenstantially, circumstantially
Perfect for The Railway Children, which coincidentally was first serialised in 1905 in The London Magazine, being subsequently published in book form (1906).

Etymology

From coincidental + -ly.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccoincidentally
cioncidentally
coicnidentally
coinccidentally
coincdientally
coinciddentally
coincidenatlly
coincidenntally
coincidentallyy
coincidentaly
coincidentalyl
coincidentlaly
coincidenttally
coincidetnally
coincidnetally
coinciedntally
coinicdentally
coinncidentally
conicidentally
ocincidentally

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coincidentally - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "coincidentally"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coincidentally"?

"coincidentally" is spelled C-O-I-N-C-I-D-E-N-T-A-L-L-Y.

What does "coincidentally" mean?

As an adverb, "coincidentally" means: In a coincidental manner.

What words are commonly confused with "coincidentally"?

"coincidentally" is commonly confused with "coincidental". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "coincidentally"?

From coincidental + -ly. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "coincidentally", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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