incomprehensibly

adv

"incomprehensibly" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
16
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-incomprehensibly · incomprehensibly · English

incomprehensibly · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 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 incomprehensibly
PropertyValue
Headwordincomprehensibly
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “incomprehensibly” in English

incomprehensiblysits 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

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

incomprehensibly has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From incomprehensible + -ly. The correct English form is incomprehensibly, spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-R-E-H-E-N-S-I-B-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In an incomprehensible manner.

Etymology

From incomprehensible + -ly.

Antonyms

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 "incomprehensibly"?
"incomprehensibly" is spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-R-E-H-E-N-S-I-B-L-Y.
What does "incomprehensibly" mean?
As an adverb, "incomprehensibly" means: In an incomprehensible manner.
What is the origin of the word "incomprehensibly"?
From incomprehensible + -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