dishonestly
"dishonestly" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dishonestly” is uncommon English (frequency #62,843 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,843
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a dishonest manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dishonestly · dishonestly · English
dishonestly · rank #62,843 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,843
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH disdainful
Nearest frequency peer: disdainful (-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 “dishonestly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dingwall
Dingwall
37,162 corpus weight
- Diocletian
Diocletian
37,161 corpus weight
- disassociate
disassociate
37,160 corpus weight
- disdainful
disdainful
37,159 corpus weight
- dishonestly
dishonestly
37,158 corpus weight
- diz
diz
37,156 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dishonestly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dishonestly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,843 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dishonestly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dishonestly is uncommon English at frequency #62,843 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a dishonest manner.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dishonestly, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English dishonestly (“disgracefully”); equivalent to dishonest + -ly. The correct English form is dishonestly, spelled D-I-S-H-O-N-E-S-T-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a dishonest manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dishonestly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Section 13 of the 1968 Act enacts a separate offence of dishonestly abstracting electricity. The separate offence is needed because electricity, like other forms of energy such as heat, is not property.
Some prominent conservative media figures on Monday dishonestly used the death of former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who died of Covid-19 complications, to cast doubt on the effectiveness of the coronavirus vaccines.
Etymology
From Middle English dishonestly (“disgracefully”); equivalent to dishonest + -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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).