contentedly
/kənˈtɛn.tɪd.liː/
"contentedly" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“contentedly” is uncommon English (frequency #73,979 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,979
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a contented manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-contentedly · contentedly · English
contentedly · rank #73,979 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,979
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH conservatorsh…
Nearest frequency peer: conservatorship (-2 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 “contentedly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- compulsorily
compulsorily
26,027 corpus weight
- computable
computable
26,026 corpus weight
- Conroe
Conroe
26,025 corpus weight
- conservator…
conservatorship
26,024 corpus weight
- contentedly
contentedly
26,022 corpus weight
- contortioni…
contortionist
26,020 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “contentedly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contentedly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /kənˈtɛn.tɪd.liː/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #73,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “contentedly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
contentedly is uncommon English at frequency #73,979 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /kənˈtɛn.tɪd.liː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a contented manner.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for contentedly, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From contented + -ly. The correct English form is contentedly, spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-E-D-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a contented manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contentedly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Some confounded fact we men have been living contentedly with ever since the day of creation would start up and knock the whole thing over.
“Take my word for it, you’ll settle down with us all right. Give us a trial anyway. . . . . Come in, Mr. Hopkins. . . . This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his h…
Etymology
From contented + -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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