grandly
"grandly" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grandly” is uncommon English (frequency #65,155 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,155
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a grand manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-grandly · grandly · English
grandly · rank #65,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,155
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH grav
Nearest frequency peer: grav (+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 “grandly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gnosis
gnosis
34,852 corpus weight
- goyal
goyal
34,848 corpus weight
- grandly
grandly
34,846 corpus weight
- grav
grav
34,845 corpus weight
- grimoire
grimoire
34,842 corpus weight
- grizz
grizz
34,841 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “grandly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grandly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “grandly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
grandly is uncommon English at frequency #65,155 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for grandly in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From grand + -ly. The correct English form is grandly, spelled G-R-A-N-D-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a grand manner.
- 2To the greatest extent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grandly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This slight way of treating both his book and his ancestors nettled little Puddock – who never himself took a liberty, and expected similar treatment – but he knew Sturk, the nature of the beast, and he only bowed grandly […]
“Take the Concorde. Spend a lot of money. Get yourself there in the most expensive way possible, take pictures over ten times if you need to. Do it all grandly!”
Etymology
From grand + -ly.
Synonyms
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).