daringly

adv

"daringly" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“daringly” is uncommon English (frequency #88,247 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,247
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a daring manner

Corpus desk

Index EN-daringly · daringly · English

daringly · rank #88,247 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,247
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cupids

Nearest frequency peer: Cupids (-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 “daringly”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “daringly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for daringly
PropertyValue
Headworddaringly
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters8
Frequency rank#88,247
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “daringly” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).daringlyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Cupids” (#88,245), “cumshots” (#88,244), “crowdsource” (#88,242). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “daringly” is #88,247. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

daringly is uncommon English at frequency #88,247 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a daring manner".

No misspelling variants are generated for daringly in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From daring + -ly. The correct English form is daringly, spelled D-A-R-I-N-G-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In a daring manner

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how daringly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. “Here, waiter,” cried the Johnnie who had dejeunered daringly at 12, “take this bill to the manager and tell him it’s an imposition. Why, you’ve charged more for one poached egg on toast than for an entire portion of those eggs that you scramble.”
  2. The corridor stinks of sweat and cigarette smoke, and I daringly open the window a little. The freshest air floats in, smelling of sappy grasses, the delicate pollens of wild flowers, the resins of the pine forests; hinting at the chill blue scent of distant snows.

Etymology

From daring + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "daringly"?
"daringly" is spelled D-A-R-I-N-G-L-Y.
What does "daringly" mean?
As an adverb, "daringly" means: In a daring manner
What is the origin of the word "daringly"?
From daring + -ly. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "daringly", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list