coyly
/ˈkɔɪli/
"coyly" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coyly” is uncommon English (frequency #86,172 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,172
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In a coy manner.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coyly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈkɔɪli/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,172 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coyly” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
coyly is uncommon English at frequency #86,172 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈkɔɪli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a coy manner.".
Zero misspellings are on record for coyly in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From coy + -ly. The correct English form is coyly, spelled C-O-Y-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a coy manner.
Etymology
From coy + -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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Using “coyly”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-Y-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.