immoderately

adv

"immoderately" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“immoderately” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-immoderately · immoderately · English

immoderately · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for immoderately
PropertyValue
Headwordimmoderately
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “immoderately” in English

immoderatelysits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

immoderately is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In an immoderate manner.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for immoderately, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English immoderatliche, inmoderately; equivalent to immoderate + -ly. The correct English form is immoderately, spelled I-M-M-O-D-E-R-A-T-E-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In an immoderate manner.

Etymology

From Middle English immoderatliche, inmoderately; equivalent to immoderate + -ly.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "immoderately"?
"immoderately" is spelled I-M-M-O-D-E-R-A-T-E-L-Y.
What does "immoderately" mean?
As an adverb, "immoderately" means: In an immoderate manner.
What is the origin of the word "immoderately"?
From Middle English immoderatliche, inmoderately; equivalent to immoderate + -ly. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list