disastrously
/dɪˈzæs.tɹəs.li/
"disastrously" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disastrously” is uncommon English (frequency #54,739 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,739
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a disastrous way. (Of the nature of a disaster; calamitously.)
Corpus desk
Index EN-disastrously · disastrously · English
disastrously · rank #54,739 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,739
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Diggin
Nearest frequency peer: Diggin (-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 “disastrously”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- detestable
detestable
45,264 corpus weight
- Diggin
Diggin
45,263 corpus weight
- disastrously
disastrously
45,262 corpus weight
- disreputable
disreputable
45,261 corpus weight
- distill
distill
45,260 corpus weight
- distiller
distiller
45,259 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “disastrously” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disastrously |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /dɪˈzæs.tɹəs.li/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #54,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “disastrously” in English
Rare enough to double-check
disastrously is uncommon English at frequency #54,739 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /dɪˈzæs.tɹəs.li/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a disastrous way. (Of the nature of a disaster; calamitously.)".
disastrously has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From disastrous + -ly. The correct English form is disastrously, spelled D-I-S-A-S-T-R-O-U-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a disastrous way. (Of the nature of a disaster; calamitously.)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how disastrously appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It has frequently been found that these [timber dry] docks have been incapable of successfully resisting this force, and in many instances the altars have been forced off, the sides of the entrance works have been forced inward, the bottom of the dock has been uplifted, and, where defects in the work have existed, an inflood of water once set up has resul…
Mr. Dukakis charged that when it came to advising President Reagan on Iran, Mr. Bush was "disastrously and completely and unforgivably wrong."
Etymology
From disastrous + -ly.
This word in other languages
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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