grammatically

Name: grammatically, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adv

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“grammatically” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,652. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,652
frequency rank, English: 2,313
“G” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-grammatically · grammatically · English

grammatically · rank #41,652 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #41,652
LEN-MEGA 13 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 17 variants
BOOK-MID 2,313
PHOTO-FINISH Gotti

Nearest frequency peer: Gotti (-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.

Gollum

58,352
Gordy

58,351
Gotti

58,350
grammatical…

58,349
gramophone

58,348
gratefully

58,347

What this shows “grammatically” 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).

grammatically vs grammatical

85% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for grammatically
Property	Value
Headword	grammatically
Language	English
Part of speech	Adverb
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#41,652
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “grammatically”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).grammaticallylands here:

#41,652

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Gotti” (#41,651), “gramophone” (#41,653), “Gordy” (#41,650). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “grammatically” is #41,652. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around grammatically, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #41,652 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for grammatically, with forms such as "garmmatically", "ggrammatically", and "gramamtically". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "grammatical", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From grammatical + -ly. The correct English form is grammatically, spelled G-R-A-M-M-A-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y.

Definition

1
In a grammatical manner.
2
Concerning grammar.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

For example, once the child is able to parse (i.e. grammatically analyse) an adult utterance such as Help Daddy and knows that it contains a verb phrase comprising the head verb help and its complement Daddy, then (on the assumption that the language faculty specifies that all heads of a given type behave uniformly with regard to whether they are position…

Etymology

From grammatical + -ly.

This word in other languages

grammaticalement(Français)grammatisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

garmmatically
ggrammatically
gramamtically
gramatically
grammaitcally
grammatcially
grammatiaclly
grammaticallyy
grammaticaly
grammaticalyl
grammaticcally
grammaticlaly
grammattically
grammtaically
grmamatically
grrammatically
rgammatically

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grammatically - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "grammatically"

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 "grammatically"?

"grammatically" is spelled G-R-A-M-M-A-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y.

What does "grammatically" mean?

As an adverb, "grammatically" means: In a grammatical manner.

What words are commonly confused with "grammatically"?

"grammatically" is commonly confused with "grammatical". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "grammatically"?

From grammatical + -ly. 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 "grammatically", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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