devilishly

adv

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"devilishly" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“devilishly” is uncommon English (frequency #68,992 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,992
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-devilishly · devilishly · English

devilishly · rank #68,992 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,992
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dickenson

Nearest frequency peer: Dickenson (+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 “devilishly”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “devilishly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for devilishly
PropertyValue
Headworddevilishly
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters10
Frequency rank#68,992
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “devilishly” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).devilishlyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Dickenson” (#68,993), “Deschutes” (#68,990), “Demosthenes” (#68,989). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “devilishly” is #68,992. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

devilishly is uncommon English at frequency #68,992 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a devilish manner.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for devilishly in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From devilish + -ly. The correct English form is devilishly, spelled D-E-V-I-L-I-S-H-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In a devilish manner.

Etymology

From devilish + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "devilishly"?
"devilishly" is spelled D-E-V-I-L-I-S-H-L-Y.
What does "devilishly" mean?
As an adverb, "devilishly" means: In a devilish manner.
What is the origin of the word "devilishly"?
From devilish + -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 "devilishly", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dispersive#69,001concertina#68,952Compostela#68,949evangelize#69,035

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list