drunkenly

adv

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"drunkenly" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“drunkenly” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,343. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,343
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-drunkenly · drunkenly · English

drunkenly · rank #45,343 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #45,343
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH drawstring

Nearest frequency peer: drawstring (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “drunkenly”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “drunkenly” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

drunkenly vs drunken
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for drunkenly
PropertyValue
Headworddrunkenly
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters9
Frequency rank#45,343
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “drunkenly”

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).drunkenlylands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “drawstring” (#45,342), “dumbbell” (#45,344), “dutiful” (#45,345). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “drunkenly” is #45,343. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around drunkenly, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #45,343 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a drunken manner.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for drunkenly, with forms such as "ddrunkenly", "drnukenly", and "drrunkenly". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "drunken", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From drunken + -ly. The correct English form is drunkenly, spelled D-R-U-N-K-E-N-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In a drunken manner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. O, spare me not, my brother Edward's son, For that I was his father Edward's son; That blood already, like the pelican, Hast thou tapp'd out and drunkenly caroused:
  2. […] there, tipping drunkenly over the top of dense growth, were the totem poles of Gittex.

Etymology

From drunken + -ly.

Synonyms

bibulouslyintoxicatedlyleglesslywinefully

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddrunkenly
  • drnukenly
  • drrunkenly
  • druknenly
  • druneknly
  • drunkelny
  • drunkenlly
  • drunkenlyy
  • drunkennly
  • drunkenyl
  • drunkkenly
  • drunknely
  • drunnkenly
  • durnkenly
  • rdunkenly

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drunkenly - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddrunkenly1drnukenly2drrunkenly1druknenly2druneknly2drunkelny2drunkenlly1drunkenlyy1
Edit distance from "drunkenly"

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 "drunkenly"?
"drunkenly" is spelled D-R-U-N-K-E-N-L-Y.
What does "drunkenly" mean?
As an adverb, "drunkenly" means: In a drunken manner.
What words are commonly confused with "drunkenly"?
"drunkenly" is commonly confused with "drunken". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "drunkenly"?
From drunken + -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 "drunkenly", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

disliking#45,332factional#45,366dampening#45,315crosswalk#45,304

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

despairing15 variantsdeciphered15 variantsfootbridge15 variantsgeneralist15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list