marvellously
/ˈmɑːvələsli/
"marvellously" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“marvellously” is uncommon English (frequency #71,684 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,684
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a marvellous manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-marvellously · marvellously · English
marvellously · rank #71,684 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,684
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH marra
Nearest frequency peer: marra (-2 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 “marvellously”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- manservant
manservant
28,322 corpus weight
- Markovic
Markovic
28,320 corpus weight
- marra
marra
28,319 corpus weight
- marvellously
marvellously
28,317 corpus weight
- McCook
McCook
28,311 corpus weight
- McGlynn
McGlynn
28,310 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “marvellously” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marvellously |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈmɑːvələsli/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #71,684 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “marvellously” in English
Rare enough to double-check
marvellously is uncommon English at frequency #71,684 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈmɑːvələsli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for marvellously in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English merveilously; equivalent to marvellous + -ly. The correct English form is marvellously, spelled M-A-R-V-E-L-L-O-U-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a marvellous manner.
- 2To a great or impressive degree; very.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marvellously appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The plan worked marvellously, even better than we had expected.
[N]eyther hys ſeruantes nor hymſelf ſuffered to gone^([sic – meaning go?]) oute, parceiuyng well ſo greate a thyng without his knowledge not begun for noughte, comparyng this maner preſẽ[n]t with this laſt nightes chere, ĩ[n] ſo few houres ſo gret a chaunge marueylouſlye miſliked.
Etymology
From Middle English merveilously; equivalent to marvellous + -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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