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deceivingly

/dɪˈsiːvɪŋli/adverb

deceivingly is spelled D-E-C-E-I-V-I-N-G-L-Y: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, deceivingly means “In a deceiving manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in deceivingly?

Letters11: D-E-C-E-I-V-I-N-G-L-Y
In writingabout once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is deceivingly?

Deceivingly appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce deceivingly?

  • /dɪˈsiːvɪŋli/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of deceivingly

  • more deceivingly comparative
  • most deceivingly superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does deceivingly mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adverb

  1. 1

    In a deceiving manner.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does deceivingly come from?

From deceiving + -ly.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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