deliciously
/dəˈlɪ.ʃəs.li/
"deliciously" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deliciously” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,200. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,200
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a delicious manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-deliciously · deliciously · English
deliciously · rank #33,200 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #33,200
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dewitt
Nearest frequency peer: Dewitt (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “deliciously”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- daze
daze
66,804 corpus weight
- debugging
debugging
66,803 corpus weight
- deliciously
deliciously
66,801 corpus weight
- Dewitt
Dewitt
66,800 corpus weight
- dickey
dickey
66,799 corpus weight
- diocesan
diocesan
66,798 corpus weight
What this shows “deliciously” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deliciously |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /dəˈlɪ.ʃəs.li/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #33,200 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “deliciously”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around deliciously (IPA /dəˈlɪ.ʃəs.li/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #33,200 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a delicious manner.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for deliciously, with forms such as "ddeliciously", "deilciously", and "delciiously". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "delicious", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From delicious + -ly. The correct English form is deliciously, spelled D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a delicious manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how deliciously appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Yet notwithſtandyng all this geare, / thou cougheſt ſtill, perdy / Ye are a craftie knaue, you cough / to fare deliciouſly.
The band's songs, which can be deliciously unserious, are as memorable as they are charming.
Etymology
From delicious + -ly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddeliciously
- deilciously
- delciiously
- delicciously
- deliciosuly
- delicioulsy
- deliciouslly
- deliciouslyy
- delicioussly
- deliciousyl
- deliciuosly
- delicoiusly
- deliicously
- delliciously
- dleiciously
- edliciously
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deliciously - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "deliciously", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).