fourthly
"fourthly" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fourthly” is uncommon English (frequency #86,289 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,289
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In the fourth place; fourth in a row.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fourthly · fourthly · English
fourthly · rank #86,289 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,289
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH francophones
Nearest frequency peer: francophones (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “fourthly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- flummoxed
flummoxed
13,718 corpus weight
- foaled
foaled
13,717 corpus weight
- Fortunato
Fortunato
13,714 corpus weight
- fourthly
fourthly
13,712 corpus weight
- francophones
francophones
13,711 corpus weight
- frontside
frontside
13,707 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fourthly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fourthly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fourthly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fourthly is uncommon English at frequency #86,289 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In the fourth place; fourth in a row.".
fourthly doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fourth + -ly. The correct English form is fourthly, spelled F-O-U-R-T-H-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In the fourth place; fourth in a row.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fourthly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fourthly, I have made an effort to call the attention of the reader to the pertinent literature.
Fourthly, when all equilibria are unstable and complex endogenous fluctuations arise, the LAW policy reduces the amplitude of fluctuations but at the expense of larger average deviations from the targets.
Etymology
From fourth + -ly.
This word in other languages
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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