dominantly

adv

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"dominantly" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“dominantly” is uncommon English (frequency #72,249 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,249
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-dominantly · dominantly · English

dominantly · rank #72,249 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,249
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH domme

Nearest frequency peer: domme (+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 “dominantly”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dominantly
PropertyValue
Headworddominantly
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters10
Frequency rank#72,249
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “dominantly” 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).dominantlyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “domme” (#72,250), “dote” (#72,252), “Dmytro” (#72,245). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “dominantly” is #72,249. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dominantly is uncommon English at frequency #72,249 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a dominant manner.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for dominantly in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From dominant + -ly. The correct English form is dominantly, spelled D-O-M-I-N-A-N-T-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In a dominant manner.

Etymology

From dominant + -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 "dominantly"?
"dominantly" is spelled D-O-M-I-N-A-N-T-L-Y.
What does "dominantly" mean?
As an adverb, "dominantly" means: In a dominant manner.
What is the origin of the word "dominantly"?
From dominant + -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 "dominantly", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

eisteddfod#72,269declassify#72,225emancipate#72,273entrancing#72,278

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list