facultatively

adv

"facultatively" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“facultatively” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-facultatively · facultatively · English

facultatively · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for facultatively
PropertyValue
Headwordfacultatively
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “facultatively” in English

facultativelysits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

facultatively is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a facultative manner".

No misspelling variants are generated for facultatively in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From facultative + -ly. The correct English form is facultatively, spelled F-A-C-U-L-T-A-T-I-V-E-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In a facultative manner

Etymology

From facultative + -ly.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "facultatively"?
"facultatively" is spelled F-A-C-U-L-T-A-T-I-V-E-L-Y.
What does "facultatively" mean?
As an adverb, "facultatively" means: In a facultative manner
What is the origin of the word "facultatively"?
From facultative + -ly. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list