geometrically

adv

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

The verdict

“geometrically” is uncommon English (frequency #54,199 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,199
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-geometrically · geometrically · English

geometrically · rank #54,199 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,199
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH geochemistry

Nearest frequency peer: geochemistry (-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 “geometrically”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “geometrically” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for geometrically
PropertyValue
Headwordgeometrically
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters13
Frequency rank#54,199
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “geometrically” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).geometricallyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “geochemistry” (#54,198), “geochemical” (#54,197), “ghostwriter” (#54,201). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “geometrically” is #54,199. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geometrically is uncommon English at frequency #54,199 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for geometrically in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From geometric + -ally. The correct English form is geometrically, spelled G-E-O-M-E-T-R-I-C-A-L-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In a geometric manner.
  2. 2
    Concerning geometrics.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how geometrically appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Vistas in San Francisco—a city whose real estate development platted out land geometrically and gridded over a series of hills—offer vertical, stunning viewscapes of architecture and the Bay, natural and built environments.
  2. We give a sharp lower bound for the number of geometrically distinct contractible periodic orbits of dynamically convex Reeb flows on prequantizations of symplectic manifolds that are not aspherical.

Etymology

From geometric + -ally.

This word in other languages

geométricamente(Español)géométriquement(Français)geometricamente(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "geometrically"?
"geometrically" is spelled G-E-O-M-E-T-R-I-C-A-L-L-Y.
What does "geometrically" mean?
As an adverb, "geometrically" means: In a geometric manner.
What is the origin of the word "geometrically"?
From geometric + -ally. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "geometrically", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list