humanly
/ˈhjuːmənli/
"humanly" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“humanly” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,604. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,604
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a human manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-humanly · humanly · English
humanly · rank #31,604 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,604
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Huber
Nearest frequency peer: Huber (-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 “humanly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- hos
hos
68,400 corpus weight
- hotly
hotly
68,399 corpus weight
- Huber
Huber
68,398 corpus weight
- humanly
humanly
68,397 corpus weight
- Hurd
Hurd
68,396 corpus weight
- husbandry
husbandry
68,395 corpus weight
What this shows “humanly” 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 | humanly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈhjuːmənli/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #31,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “humanly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around humanly (IPA /ˈhjuːmənli/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #31,604 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a human manner.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for humanly, with forms such as "hhumanly", "hmuanly", and "huamnly". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "humbly", "human", "humane", 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 human (adjective) + -ly (adverbial suffix). Piecewise doublet of humanely (in Middle English as humanly, when human and humane had not yet become different words). The correct English form is humanly, spelled H-U-M-A-N-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a human manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how humanly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lastly, by all means keep the body warm, and remember that the more careful you are of yourself, even at the risk of being thought "old wifish," you will, humanly speaking, be enabled to enjoy the sport to a greater age than you might otherwise do.
Etymology
From human (adjective) + -ly (adverbial suffix). Piecewise doublet of humanely (in Middle English as humanly, when human and humane had not yet become different words).
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhumanly
- hmuanly
- huamnly
- humalny
- humanlly
- humanlyy
- humannly
- humanyl
- hummanly
- humnaly
- uhmanly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of humanly - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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