congressionally
"congressionally" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“congressionally” is uncommon English (frequency #80,340 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,340
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - By a congress; often specifically by the United States Congress.
Corpus desk
Index EN-congressionally · congressionally · English
congressionally · rank #80,340 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,340
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH congratz
Nearest frequency peer: congratz (-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 “congressionally”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- commutator
commutator
19,666 corpus weight
- compactly
compactly
19,665 corpus weight
- congratz
congratz
19,662 corpus weight
- congression…
congressionally
19,661 corpus weight
- conny
conny
19,658 corpus weight
- contractile
contractile
19,657 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “congressionally” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | congressionally |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #80,340 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “congressionally” in English
Rare enough to double-check
congressionally is uncommon English at frequency #80,340 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "By a congress; often specifically by the United States Congress.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for congressionally, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From congressional + -ly. The correct English form is congressionally, spelled C-O-N-G-R-E-S-S-I-O-N-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1By a congress; often specifically by the United States Congress.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how congressionally appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But the 15-member Shadow Wolves unit, part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is recruiting members to reach the congressionally authorized complement of 21.
The Bethesda Declaration, signed by 484 NIH staff, directly accused NIH director Jay Bhattacharya of “a failure of your legal duty to use congressionally appropriated funds for critical NIH research. Each day that the NIH continues to disrupt research, your ability to deliver on this duty narrows.”
Etymology
From congressional + -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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).