impartially

adv

"impartially" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“impartially” is uncommon English (frequency #57,450 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,450
frequency rank, English
17,902
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In an impartial manner; fairly.

Key facts for impartially
PropertyValue
Headwordimpartially
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters11
Frequency rank#57,450
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “impartially” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). impartially lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

impartially is uncommon English at frequency #57,450 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In an impartial manner; fairly.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for impartially, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From impartial + -ly. The correct English form is impartially, spelled I-M-P-A-R-T-I-A-L-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In an impartial manner; fairly.

Etymology

From impartial + -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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "impartially"?
"impartially" is spelled I-M-P-A-R-T-I-A-L-L-Y.
What does "impartially" mean?
As an adverb, "impartially" means: In an impartial manner; fairly.
What is the origin of the word "impartially"?
From impartial + -ly. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “impartially”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is I-M-P-A-R-T-I-A-L-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list