externally
"externally" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“externally” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,593. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,593
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - on the surface or the outside
Corpus desk
Index EN-externally · externally · English
externally · rank #19,593 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,593
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH fanbase
Nearest frequency peer: fanbase (+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 “externally”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- exhaustive
exhaustive
80,411 corpus weight
- exponential…
exponentially
80,410 corpus weight
- externally
externally
80,408 corpus weight
- fanbase
fanbase
80,407 corpus weight
- fermentation
fermentation
80,406 corpus weight
- fiasco
fiasco
80,405 corpus weight
What this shows “externally” 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 | externally |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #19,593 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “externally”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around externally, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #19,593 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "on the surface or the outside".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for externally, with forms such as "etxernally", "exetrnally", and "extenrally". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "external", "eternally", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From external + -ly. The correct English form is externally, spelled E-X-T-E-R-N-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1on the surface or the outside
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how externally appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In trumpets for assisting the hearing, all reverbation of the trumpet must be avoided. It must be made thick, of the least elastic materials, and covered with cloth externally. For all reverbation lasts for a short time, and produces new sounds which mix with those which are coming in.
Etymology
From external + -ly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etxernally
- exetrnally
- extenrally
- exteranlly
- externallyy
- externaly
- externalyl
- externlaly
- externnally
- exterrnally
- extrenally
- extternally
- exxternally
- xeternally
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of externally - 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 "externally", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).