disgracefully

adv

"disgracefully" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“disgracefully” is uncommon English (frequency #84,174 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,174
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-disgracefully · disgracefully · English

disgracefully · rank #84,174 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,174
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH disequilibrium

Nearest frequency peer: disequilibrium (-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 “disgracefully”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for disgracefully
PropertyValue
Headworddisgracefully
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters13
Frequency rank#84,174
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “disgracefully” 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).disgracefullyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “disequilibrium” (#84,173), “Dimond” (#84,172), “dismally” (#84,176). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “disgracefully” is #84,174. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

disgracefully is uncommon English at frequency #84,174 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a disgraceful manner.".

Zero misspellings are on record for disgracefully in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From disgraceful + -ly. The correct English form is disgracefully, spelled D-I-S-G-R-A-C-E-F-U-L-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In a disgraceful manner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how disgracefully appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 'I have been disgracefully imposed upon.'

Etymology

From disgraceful + -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 "disgracefully"?
"disgracefully" is spelled D-I-S-G-R-A-C-E-F-U-L-L-Y.
What does "disgracefully" mean?
As an adverb, "disgracefully" means: In a disgraceful manner.
What is the origin of the word "disgracefully"?
From disgraceful + -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 "disgracefully", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list