densely
/ˈdɛnsli/
"densely" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“densely” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,686. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,686
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a dense manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-densely · densely · English
densely · rank #16,686 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,686
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH denotes
Nearest frequency peer: denotes (-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 “densely”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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decker
83,319 corpus weight
- defy
defy
83,318 corpus weight
- Della
Della
83,317 corpus weight
- denotes
denotes
83,316 corpus weight
- densely
densely
83,315 corpus weight
- devoid
devoid
83,313 corpus weight
What this shows “densely” 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 | densely |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈdɛnsli/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #16,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “densely”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around densely (IPA /ˈdɛnsli/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #16,686 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a dense manner.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for densely, with forms such as "ddensely", "denesly", and "dennsely". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Denzel", "density", "dense", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dense + -ly. The correct English form is densely, spelled D-E-N-S-E-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a dense manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how densely appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The forest was densely populated with trees.
There are plenty of soldiers in the surrounding Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, the official Chinese name for the region, mounting guard along the nearby border with the DPRK. […] Yanbian, Yanji apart, is one of the least densely populated regions of China outside the high plateau of Tibet and the deserts of Xinjiang.
Etymology
From dense + -ly.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddensely
- denesly
- dennsely
- denselly
- denselyy
- denseyl
- densley
- denssely
- desnely
- dnesely
- ednsely
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of densely - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).