concretely
"concretely" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“concretely” is uncommon English (frequency #56,677 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,677
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a concrete manner, physically, definitely
Corpus desk
Index EN-concretely · concretely · English
concretely · rank #56,677 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,677
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH compulsively
Nearest frequency peer: compulsively (-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 “concretely”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- combust
combust
43,327 corpus weight
- commerciali…
commercialism
43,326 corpus weight
- compulsively
compulsively
43,325 corpus weight
- concretely
concretely
43,324 corpus weight
- congruence
congruence
43,323 corpus weight
- coochie
coochie
43,321 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “concretely” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | concretely |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “concretely” in English
Rare enough to double-check
concretely is uncommon English at frequency #56,677 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a concrete manner, physically, definitely".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for concretely, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From concrete + -ly. The correct English form is concretely, spelled C-O-N-C-R-E-T-E-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a concrete manner, physically, definitely
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how concretely appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The components of Roland's "heroness" can not be contemplated per se. The audience perceives those components or qualities concretely through Roland's acts.
More concretely, in his genderfree society — reminiscent of Lake Wobegon — women as well as men would be independent, decisive, and strong, and men as well as women would be cooperative, open, and nurturing (if not good-looking).
Etymology
From concrete + -ly.
This word in other languages
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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