creepily
"creepily" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“creepily” is uncommon English (frequency #76,677 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,677
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a creepy manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-creepily · creepily · English
creepily · rank #76,677 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,677
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH crated
Nearest frequency peer: crated (-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 “creepily”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- counterexam…
counterexample
23,327 corpus weight
- crated
crated
23,325 corpus weight
- creepily
creepily
23,324 corpus weight
- croaking
croaking
23,323 corpus weight
- Cronus
Cronus
23,321 corpus weight
- cruciform
cruciform
23,320 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “creepily” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | creepily |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “creepily” in English
Rare enough to double-check
creepily is uncommon English at frequency #76,677 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for creepily, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 creepy + -ly. The correct English form is creepily, spelled C-R-E-E-P-I-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a creepy manner.
- 2With a furtive creeping motion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how creepily appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I returned quietly, creepily, to the tent, first taking another exhaustive look round and—yes, I confess it—making a few measurements.
Etymology
From creepy + -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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