easily
/ˈiː.zɪ.li/
"easily" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“easily” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,304. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,304
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety.
Corpus desk
Index EN-easily · easily · English
easily · rank #1,304 · 8 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,304
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH dream
Nearest frequency peer: dream (-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 “easily”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- details
details
98,700 corpus weight
- direct
direct
98,699 corpus weight
- dream
dream
98,698 corpus weight
- easily
easily
98,697 corpus weight
- finish
finish
98,696 corpus weight
- grand
grand
98,695 corpus weight
What this shows “easily” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | easily |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈiː.zɪ.li/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,304 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “easily”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around easily (IPA /ˈiː.zɪ.li/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #1,304 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for easily, with forms such as "aesily", "eaisly", and "easilly". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "easy", "Emily", "easing", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English esiliche, equivalent to easy + -ly. The correct English form is easily, spelled E-A-S-I-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety.
- 2Without difficulty.
- 3Absolutely, without question.
- 4More quickly or likely than is usual or expected.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how easily appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eftsoones she causd him vp to be conuayd, / And of his armes despoyled easily […]
Why this already very fast train should be speeded up still further, when none of the other more easily timed S.R. West of England trains has a single minute pared from its schedule, is unexplained - unless this is a playful dig at the Western Region, most of whose expresses, by reason of additional stops, will be decelerated from the same date.
Etymology
From Middle English esiliche, equivalent to easy + -ly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aesily
- eaisly
- easilly
- easilyy
- easiyl
- easliy
- eassily
- esaily
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of easily - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "easily", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).