contrarily
"contrarily" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“contrarily” is uncommon English (frequency #95,850 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,850
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a contrary manner; in opposite ways or directions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-contrarily · contrarily · English
contrarily · rank #95,850 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,850
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH contracture
Nearest frequency peer: contracture (-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 “contrarily”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Colli
Colli
4,156 corpus weight
- Coningsby
Coningsby
4,154 corpus weight
- contracture
contracture
4,152 corpus weight
- contrarily
contrarily
4,151 corpus weight
- conurbation
conurbation
4,150 corpus weight
- coterminous
coterminous
4,146 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “contrarily” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrarily |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #95,850 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “contrarily” in English
Rare enough to double-check
contrarily is uncommon English at frequency #95,850 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a contrary manner; in opposite ways or directions.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for contrarily, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From contrary + -ly. The correct English form is contrarily, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-R-I-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a contrary manner; in opposite ways or directions.
Etymology
From contrary + -ly.
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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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