dismissively
"dismissively" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dismissively” is uncommon English (frequency #74,901 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,901
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a dismissive manner
Corpus desk
Index EN-dismissively · dismissively · English
dismissively · rank #74,901 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,901
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH disjunction
Nearest frequency peer: disjunction (-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 “dismissively”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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destructor
25,108 corpus weight
- Devaney
Devaney
25,106 corpus weight
- disjunction
disjunction
25,101 corpus weight
- dismissively
dismissively
25,100 corpus weight
- displease
displease
25,099 corpus weight
- distaff
distaff
25,098 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dismissively” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dismissively |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #74,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dismissively” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dismissively is uncommon English at frequency #74,901 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a dismissive manner".
No misspelling variants are generated for dismissively in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dismissive + -ly. The correct English form is dismissively, spelled D-I-S-M-I-S-S-I-V-E-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a dismissive manner
Etymology
From dismissive + -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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).