devastatingly
"devastatingly" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“devastatingly” is uncommon English (frequency #62,837 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,837
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a devastating manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-devastatingly · devastatingly · English
devastatingly · rank #62,837 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,837
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH detainment
Nearest frequency peer: detainment (-2 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 “devastatingly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- deluding
deluding
37,169 corpus weight
- detainment
detainment
37,166 corpus weight
- devastating…
devastatingly
37,164 corpus weight
- Dingwall
Dingwall
37,162 corpus weight
- Diocletian
Diocletian
37,161 corpus weight
- disassociate
disassociate
37,160 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “devastatingly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | devastatingly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #62,837 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “devastatingly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
devastatingly is uncommon English at frequency #62,837 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a devastating manner.".
Zero misspellings are on record for devastatingly in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From devastating + -ly. The correct English form is devastatingly, spelled D-E-V-A-S-T-A-T-I-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a devastating manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how devastatingly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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Etymology
From devastating + -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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