ingeniously
/ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnjəs.li/
"ingeniously" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ingeniously” is uncommon English (frequency #60,182 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,182
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an ingenious manner; using ingenuity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ingeniously · ingeniously · English
ingeniously · rank #60,182 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,182
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH industrials
Nearest frequency peer: industrials (-2 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 “ingeniously”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- immunosuppr…
immunosuppressive
39,826 corpus weight
- impairing
impairing
39,825 corpus weight
- inauspicious
inauspicious
39,824 corpus weight
- inbuilt
inbuilt
39,823 corpus weight
- industrials
industrials
39,821 corpus weight
- ingeniously
ingeniously
39,819 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ingeniously” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ingeniously |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnjəs.li/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #60,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ingeniously” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ingeniously is uncommon English at frequency #60,182 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnjəs.li/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In an ingenious manner; using ingenuity.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ingeniously, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ingenious + -ly. The correct English form is ingeniously, spelled I-N-G-E-N-I-O-U-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an ingenious manner; using ingenuity.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ingeniously appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The exterior of the train is perfectly air-smoothed and to cut passenger steps up to recessed doors would never do; when the deep doors are shut, therefore, the steps fold up ingeniously on the inside of them to create a level floor in the corridor of the coach.
Nefzawi, rather ingeniously, offers numerous fantastic explanations and interpretations of dream sequences in The Perfumed Garden.
Etymology
From ingenious + -ly.
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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