developmentally
"developmentally" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“developmentally” has 22 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,209. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,209
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 22
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In terms of development.
Corpus desk
Index EN-developmentally · developmentally · English
developmentally · rank #40,209 · 22 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #40,209
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 22 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH deva
Nearest frequency peer: deva (-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 “developmentally”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- deceleration
deceleration
59,798 corpus weight
- deva
deva
59,793 corpus weight
- development…
developmentally
59,792 corpus weight
- Dicky
Dicky
59,789 corpus weight
- dint
dint
59,787 corpus weight
- dioceses
dioceses
59,786 corpus weight
What this shows “developmentally” 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 | developmentally |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #40,209 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “developmentally”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 22 spelling variants around developmentally, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #40,209 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In terms of development.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for developmentally, with forms such as "ddevelopmentally", "deevlopmentally", and "devellopmentally". 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, "developmental", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From developmental + -ly. The correct English form is developmentally, spelled D-E-V-E-L-O-P-M-E-N-T-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In terms of development.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how developmentally appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Between 6 and 12 months, babies are more open to new foods — and new experiences — than they will be later on as toddlers, when a certain amount of “neophobia” or “new means no” is developmentally normal, Ms. Lipner said. “Normal kids transition through a normal pickiness phase,” around 18 months, she said, when “they’re also learning autonomy and control.”
Etymology
From developmental + -ly.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddevelopmentally
- deevlopmentally
- devellopmentally
- develompentally
- developemntally
- developmenatlly
- developmenntally
- developmentallyy
- developmentaly
- developmentalyl
- developmentlaly
- developmenttally
- developmetnally
- developmmentally
- developmnetally
- developpmentally
- develpomentally
- deveolpmentally
- devleopmentally
- devvelopmentally
- dveelopmentally
- edvelopmentally
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of developmentally - 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 "developmentally", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).