compulsorily

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"compulsorily" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“compulsorily” is uncommon English (frequency #73,974 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,974
frequency rank, English
43,570
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In a compulsory manner.

Key facts for compulsorily
PropertyValue
Headwordcompulsorily
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters12
Frequency rank#73,974
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “compulsorily” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). compulsorily lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

compulsorily is uncommon English at frequency #73,974 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a compulsory manner.".

Zero misspellings are on record for compulsorily in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From compulsory + -ly. The correct English form is compulsorily, spelled C-O-M-P-U-L-S-O-R-I-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In a compulsory manner.

Etymology

From compulsory + -ly.

Antonyms

voluntarily

This word in other languages

obligatoriamente(Español)compulsivement(Français)compulsivamente(Português)

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 "compulsorily"?
"compulsorily" is spelled C-O-M-P-U-L-S-O-R-I-L-Y.
What does "compulsorily" mean?
As an adverb, "compulsorily" means: In a compulsory manner.
What is the origin of the word "compulsorily"?
From compulsory + -ly. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “compulsorily”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is C-O-M-P-U-L-S-O-R-I-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list