incongruously
"incongruously" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“incongruously” is uncommon English (frequency #99,402 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,402
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an incongruous manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-incongruously · incongruously · English
incongruously · rank #99,402 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,402
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH inappropriate…
Nearest frequency peer: inappropriateness (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “incongruously”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- iid
iid
605 corpus weight
- ileum
ileum
603 corpus weight
- inappropria…
inappropriateness
600 corpus weight
- incongruous…
incongruously
599 corpus weight
- inlaw
inlaw
594 corpus weight
- interchange…
interchangeability
592 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “incongruously” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incongruously |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #99,402 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “incongruously” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
incongruously is uncommon English at frequency #99,402 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In an incongruous manner.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for incongruously, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From incongruous + -ly. The correct English form is incongruously, spelled I-N-C-O-N-G-R-U-O-U-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an incongruous manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how incongruously appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was a long, long list[of problems], but Mr. Stink listened to everything she said as jolly Christmas songs played incongruously in the background.
Etymology
From incongruous + -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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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