disgracefully
"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
- diffident
diffident
15,833 corpus weight
- Dimond
Dimond
15,829 corpus weight
- disequilibr…
disequilibrium
15,828 corpus weight
- disgraceful…
disgracefully
15,827 corpus weight
- dismally
dismally
15,825 corpus weight
- diverticuli…
diverticulitis
15,824 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “disgracefully” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disgracefully |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #84,174 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “disgracefully” in English
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
- 1In a disgraceful manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how disgracefully appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
'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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).