grudgingly
"grudgingly" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grudgingly” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,410. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,410
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grudgingly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #45,410 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grudgingly” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around grudgingly, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #45,410 among 18,276 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for grudgingly, with forms such as "ggrudgingly", "grdugingly", and "grrudgingly". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From grudging + -ly. The correct English form is grudgingly, spelled G-R-U-D-G-I-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire.
Etymology
From grudging + -ly.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggrudgingly
- grdugingly
- grrudgingly
- gruddgingly
- grudggingly
- grudgignly
- grudginggly
- grudginglly
- grudginglyy
- grudgingyl
- grudginlgy
- grudginngly
- grudgnigly
- grudigngly
- grugdingly
- gurdgingly
- rgudgingly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grudgingly - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “grudgingly”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-R-U-D-G-I-N-G-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.