longingly
/ˈlɒŋɪŋli/
"longingly" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“longingly” is uncommon English (frequency #60,935 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,935
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a longing manner, with desire, yearningly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-longingly · longingly · English
longingly · rank #60,935 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,935
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH loiter
Nearest frequency peer: loiter (-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 “longingly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- lig
lig
39,072 corpus weight
- Limoges
Limoges
39,070 corpus weight
- Lisboa
Lisboa
39,069 corpus weight
- littles
littles
39,068 corpus weight
- loiter
loiter
39,067 corpus weight
- longingly
longingly
39,066 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “longingly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | longingly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈlɒŋɪŋli/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #60,935 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “longingly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
longingly is uncommon English at frequency #60,935 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈlɒŋɪŋli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a longing manner, with desire, yearningly.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for longingly, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From longing + -ly. The correct English form is longingly, spelled L-O-N-G-I-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a longing manner, with desire, yearningly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how longingly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As she stepped nearer and peered longingly out, she saw something else: she saw, only a little way below the window, the wide, flat tin roof of Miss Polly's sun parlor built over the porte-cochère. The sight filled her with longing. If only, now, she were out there!
So Sebastian fetched in a closed basket, set it down before her, and went out again quickly. 'you had better finish your lessions before opening it,' remarked Miss Rottenmeier firmly, though Clara looked longingly at it.
Etymology
From longing + -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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