contrarily
"contrarily" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“contrarily” is an uncommon English word, ranked #95,850 in English word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #95,850
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In a contrary manner; in opposite ways or directions.
| 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) |
Where “contrarily” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for contrarily is 10 letters long, classified as an adverb. Corpus data places it at rank #95,850 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “contrarily”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-T-R-A-R-I-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.