intravenously
"intravenously" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“intravenously” is uncommon English (frequency #50,008 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,008
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an intravenous manner; by means of intravenous injection.
Corpus desk
Index EN-intravenously · intravenously · English
intravenously · rank #50,008 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,008
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH interbank
Nearest frequency peer: interbank (-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 “intravenously”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- instrumenta…
instrumentalist
49,995 corpus weight
- interbank
interbank
49,994 corpus weight
- intravenous…
intravenously
49,993 corpus weight
- investigati…
investigational
49,992 corpus weight
- IRI
IRI
49,991 corpus weight
- irrationali…
irrationality
49,990 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “intravenously” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intravenously |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #50,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “intravenously” in English
Rare enough to double-check
intravenously is uncommon English at frequency #50,008 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In an intravenous manner; by means of intravenous injection.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for intravenously in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 intravenous + -ly. The correct English form is intravenously, spelled I-N-T-R-A-V-E-N-O-U-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an intravenous manner; by means of intravenous injection.
Etymology
From intravenous + -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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