discretely
/dɪsˈkɹiːt.li/
"discretely" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“discretely” is an uncommon English word, ranked #65,055 in English word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #65,055
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - As a separate independent unit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | discretely |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /dɪsˈkɹiːt.li/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “discretely” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for discretely is 10 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɪsˈkɹiːt.li/. Corpus data places it at rank #65,055 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "As a separate independent unit.".
discretely doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From discrete + -ly. The correct English form is discretely, spelled D-I-S-C-R-E-T-E-L-Y.
Definition
- 1As a separate independent unit.
Etymology
From discrete + -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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Using “discretely”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-I-S-C-R-E-T-E-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɪsˈkɹiːt.li/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.