laughingly
"laughingly" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“laughingly” is uncommon English (frequency #83,446 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,446
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - With laughter or merriment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-laughingly · laughingly · English
laughingly · rank #83,446 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,446
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH laudatory
Nearest frequency peer: laudatory (-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 “laughingly”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lancastrian
Lancastrian
16,560 corpus weight
- Lapp
Lapp
16,558 corpus weight
- laudatory
laudatory
16,556 corpus weight
- laughingly
laughingly
16,555 corpus weight
- leashed
leashed
16,552 corpus weight
- Leilani
Leilani
16,551 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “laughingly” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laughingly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #83,446 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “laughingly” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
laughingly is uncommon English at frequency #83,446 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for laughingly, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English laughynglie, leiȝingly, equivalent to laughing + -ly. The correct English form is laughingly, spelled L-A-U-G-H-I-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1With laughter or merriment.
- 2With derision.
Etymology
From Middle English laughynglie, leiȝingly, equivalent to laughing + -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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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.