depressingly
"depressingly" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“depressingly” is uncommon English (frequency #57,335 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,335
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a depressing manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-depressingly · depressingly · English
depressingly · rank #57,335 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,335
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH deplore
Nearest frequency peer: deplore (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “depressingly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- deliverable
deliverable
42,670 corpus weight
- Deluca
Deluca
42,669 corpus weight
- deplore
deplore
42,667 corpus weight
- depressingly
depressingly
42,666 corpus weight
- destitution
destitution
42,665 corpus weight
- Deville
Deville
42,663 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “depressingly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | depressingly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #57,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “depressingly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
depressingly is uncommon English at frequency #57,335 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a depressing manner.".
No misspelling variants are generated for depressingly in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From depressing + -ly. The correct English form is depressingly, spelled D-E-P-R-E-S-S-I-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a depressing manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how depressingly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.
Etymology
From depressing + -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.
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