grimly
/ˈɡɹɪmli/
"grimly" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grimly” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,785. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,785
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grim-looking, grim-natured.
Corpus desk
Index EN-grimly · grimly · English
grimly · rank #48,785 · 10 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,785
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH grieves
Nearest frequency peer: grieves (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “grimly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- gravitas
gravitas
51,221 corpus weight
- greenback
greenback
51,220 corpus weight
- grieves
grieves
51,217 corpus weight
- grimly
grimly
51,216 corpus weight
- grooved
grooved
51,215 corpus weight
- gutless
gutless
51,212 corpus weight
What this shows “grimly” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grimly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɡɹɪmli/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “grimly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around grimly (IPA /ˈɡɹɪmli/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,785 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Grim-looking, grim-natured.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for grimly, with forms such as "ggrimly", "girmly", and "grilmy". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Grimm", "grimy", "grumpy", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English grymly, grimlich, from Old English grimmliċ, corresponding to grim + -ly. Compare grimlike. The correct English form is grimly, spelled G-R-I-M-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Grim-looking, grim-natured.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grimly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To hear her rant, one would have supposed, who had not seen him, that her lank-haired, grimly partner, was the prettiest youth in the county of Dublin, and that all the comely lasses in Chapelizod and the country round were sighing and setting caps at him […]
In reality it was the most terrifying sight I had seen to date: two fried eggs decorated with ketchup, Tabasco and chopped chillis in the semblance of a pair of bloodshot eyes – I would as soon have eaten my own leg. I waved the grimly thing away.
Etymology
From Middle English grymly, grimlich, from Old English grimmliċ, corresponding to grim + -ly. Compare grimlike.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggrimly
- girmly
- grilmy
- grimlly
- grimlyy
- grimmly
- grimyl
- grmily
- grrimly
- rgimly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grimly - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).