intelligently
"intelligently" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“intelligently” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,182. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,182
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In an intelligent manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-intelligently · intelligently · English
intelligently · rank #27,182 · 19 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #27,182
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,902
- PHOTO-FINISH insistent
Nearest frequency peer: insistent (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “intelligently”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- inactivity
inactivity
72,824 corpus weight
- incendiary
incendiary
72,823 corpus weight
- insistent
insistent
72,821 corpus weight
- intelligent…
intelligently
72,819 corpus weight
- intermitten…
intermittently
72,817 corpus weight
- jag
jag
72,814 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “intelligently” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intelligently |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #27,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intelligently” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around intelligently, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #27,182 among 17,902 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In an intelligent manner.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for intelligently, with forms such as "inetlligently", "inntelligently", and "inteligently". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "intelligent", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From intelligent + -ly. The correct English form is intelligently, spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-T-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an intelligent manner.
Etymology
From intelligent + -ly.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inetlligently
- inntelligently
- inteligently
- intelilgently
- intellgiently
- intelliegntly
- intelligenlty
- intelligenntly
- intelligentlly
- intelligentlyy
- intelligenttly
- intelligentyl
- intelligetnly
- intelliggently
- intellignetly
- intleligently
- inttelligently
- itnelligently
- nitelligently
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intelligently - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "intelligently", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).
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.