delightfully

Name: delightfully, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adv

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“delightfully” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,347. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,347
frequency rank, English: 3,470
“D” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-delightfully · delightfully · English

delightfully · rank #32,347 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #32,347
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 18 variants
BOOK-MID 3,470
PHOTO-FINISH defection

Nearest frequency peer: defection (-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.

dapper

67,658
deathly

67,657
defection

67,655
delightfully

67,654
dermatitis

67,653
desiring

67,652

What this shows “delightfully” 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).

delightfully vs delightful

83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for delightfully
Property	Value
Headword	delightfully
Language	English
Part of speech	Adverb
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#32,347
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “delightfully”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).delightfullylands here:

#32,347

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “defection” (#32,346), “dermatitis” (#32,348), “desiring” (#32,349). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “delightfully” is #32,347. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around delightfully, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #32,347 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a delightful manner.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for delightfully, with forms such as "ddelightfully", "deilghtfully", and "delgihtfully". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "delightful", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From delightful + -ly. The correct English form is delightfully, spelled D-E-L-I-G-H-T-F-U-L-L-Y.

Definition

1
In a delightful manner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

The result, disappointingly, is a scattershot work that is, by turns, entertaining and wearisome, energetic and hokey, delightfully evocative and cheaply sensational; dead-on in its conjuring of zeitgeist-y atmospherics, but often slow-footed and ham-handed in its orchestration of social details.

Etymology

From delightful + -ly.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ddelightfully
deilghtfully
delgihtfully
deligghtfully
delighftully
delighhtfully
delightffully
delightfluly
delightfullyy
delightfuly
delightfulyl
delighttfully
delightuflly
deligthfully
delihgtfully
dellightfully
dleightfully
edlightfully

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of delightfully - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "delightfully"

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 "delightfully"?

"delightfully" is spelled D-E-L-I-G-H-T-F-U-L-L-Y.

What does "delightfully" mean?

As an adverb, "delightfully" means: In a delightful manner.

What words are commonly confused with "delightfully"?

"delightfully" is commonly confused with "delightful". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "delightfully"?

From delightful + -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 "delightfully", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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