excruciatingly
/ɛkˈskɹuːʃiːeɪtɪŋli/
"excruciatingly" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“excruciatingly” is uncommon English (frequency #55,421 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,421
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great anguish or pain.
Corpus desk
Index EN-excruciatingly · excruciatingly · English
excruciatingly · rank #55,421 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,421
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH evangelization
Nearest frequency peer: evangelization (-2 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 “excruciatingly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ermine
ermine
44,585 corpus weight
- estado
estado
44,584 corpus weight
- Eurostar
Eurostar
44,583 corpus weight
- evangelizat…
evangelization
44,582 corpus weight
- excruciatin…
excruciatingly
44,580 corpus weight
- extravagant…
extravagantly
44,577 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “excruciatingly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | excruciatingly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ɛkˈskɹuːʃiːeɪtɪŋli/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #55,421 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “excruciatingly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
excruciatingly is uncommon English at frequency #55,421 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ɛkˈskɹuːʃiːeɪtɪŋli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for excruciatingly in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From excruciating + -ly. The correct English form is excruciatingly, spelled E-X-C-R-U-C-I-A-T-I-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great anguish or pain.
- 2In a very intense or extreme manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how excruciatingly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The gunshot wound was excruciatingly painful.
My hunger was now tormenting me excruciatingly, and gave me no rest.
Etymology
From excruciating + -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.
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