marvelously

adv

"marvelously" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“marvelously” is uncommon English (frequency #66,819 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,819
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of marvellously.

Corpus desk

Index EN-marvelously · marvelously · English

marvelously · rank #66,819 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,819
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Marxian

Nearest frequency peer: Marxian (+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 “marvelously”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “marvelously” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for marvelously
PropertyValue
Headwordmarvelously
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters11
Frequency rank#66,819
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “marvelously” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).marvelouslyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Marxian” (#66,820), “Mammon” (#66,815), “Mathewson” (#66,823). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “marvelously” is #66,819. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

marvelously is uncommon English at frequency #66,819 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of marvellously.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for marvelously, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From marvelous + -ly. The correct English form is marvelously, spelled M-A-R-V-E-L-O-U-S-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative form of marvellously.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how marvelously appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. With a vicious lunge the elephant swerved to the right to dispose of this temerarious foeman who dared intervene between himself and his intended victim; but he had not reckoned on the lightning quickness that could galvanize those steel muscles into action so marvelously swift as to baffle even a keener eyesight than Tantor’s.

Etymology

From marvelous + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marvelously"?
"marvelously" is spelled M-A-R-V-E-L-O-U-S-L-Y.
What does "marvelously" mean?
As an adverb, "marvelously" means: Alternative form of marvellously.
What is the origin of the word "marvelously"?
From marvelous + -ly. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "marvelously", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list