lethally
/ˈliːθəli/
"lethally" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lethally” is uncommon English (frequency #81,503 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,503
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a lethal manner, in manner which is or will be fatal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lethally · lethally · English
lethally · rank #81,503 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,503
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH leva
Nearest frequency peer: leva (+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 “lethally”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- legalese
legalese
18,501 corpus weight
- lengthier
lengthier
18,500 corpus weight
- lethally
lethally
18,498 corpus weight
- leva
leva
18,497 corpus weight
- lightman
lightman
18,492 corpus weight
- Lilongwe
Lilongwe
18,491 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lethally” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lethally |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈliːθəli/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,503 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lethally” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lethally is uncommon English at frequency #81,503 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈliːθəli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a lethal manner, in manner which is or will be fatal.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lethally, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lethal + -ly. The correct English form is lethally, spelled L-E-T-H-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a lethal manner, in manner which is or will be fatal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lethally appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was lethally poisoned by the cobra and died a day later of it.
Etymology
From lethal + -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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).