incoherently
"incoherently" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“incoherently” is uncommon English (frequency #62,994 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,994
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an incoherent manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-incoherently · incoherently · English
incoherently · rank #62,994 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,994
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH imprudent
Nearest frequency peer: imprudent (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “incoherently”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- imperator
imperator
37,012 corpus weight
- impermissib…
impermissible
37,010 corpus weight
- imprudent
imprudent
37,008 corpus weight
- incoherently
incoherently
37,007 corpus weight
- independant
independant
37,005 corpus weight
- interdict
interdict
37,002 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “incoherently” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incoherently |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #62,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “incoherently” in English
Rare enough to double-check
incoherently is uncommon English at frequency #62,994 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In an incoherent manner.".
incoherently has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From incoherent + -ly or in- + coherently. The correct English form is incoherently, spelled I-N-C-O-H-E-R-E-N-T-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an incoherent manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how incoherently appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Later, it was revealed that Eisenhower often spoke incoherently on purpose, in order to confuse the press. He thought it was funny.
Etymology
From incoherent + -ly or in- + coherently.
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.
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