jointly
/ˈd͡ʒɔɪntli/
"jointly" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jointly” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,910. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,910
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Together, acting as one; collectively.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jointly · jointly · English
jointly · rank #9,910 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,910
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH jade
Nearest frequency peer: jade (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “jointly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- invalid
invalid
90,093 corpus weight
- jade
jade
90,092 corpus weight
- jointly
jointly
90,091 corpus weight
- Jung
Jung
90,090 corpus weight
- kits
kits
90,089 corpus weight
- Lancaster
Lancaster
90,088 corpus weight
What this shows “jointly” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | jointly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒɔɪntli/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,910 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “jointly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around jointly (IPA /ˈd͡ʒɔɪntli/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #9,910 among 796 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Together, acting as one; collectively.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for jointly, with forms such as "jiontly", "jjointly", and "joinlty". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "joints", "jokingly", "joint", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From joint + -ly. The correct English form is jointly, spelled J-O-I-N-T-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Together, acting as one; collectively.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jointly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They jointly raised the child, even though they were no longer married.
Interlaken East station is jointly owned with the standard gauge Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway from Bern and Thun and the Swiss Federal Railways metre-gauge Brünig line from Lucerne, but is managed and staffed by the Bernese Oberland group.
Etymology
From joint + -ly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jiontly
- jjointly
- joinlty
- joinntly
- jointlly
- jointlyy
- jointtly
- jointyl
- joitnly
- jonitly
- ojintly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jointly - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jointly", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).