menacingly
"menacingly" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“menacingly” is uncommon English (frequency #58,841 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,841
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In a menacing manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-menacingly · menacingly · English
menacingly · rank #58,841 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,841
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH memorably
Nearest frequency peer: memorably (-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 “menacingly”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mechanizati…
mechanization
41,163 corpus weight
- melanogaster
melanogaster
41,162 corpus weight
- memorably
memorably
41,161 corpus weight
- menacingly
menacingly
41,160 corpus weight
- Meriden
Meriden
41,158 corpus weight
- merman
merman
41,157 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “menacingly” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | menacingly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #58,841 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “menacingly” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
menacingly is uncommon English at frequency #58,841 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a menacing manner.".
menacingly has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From menacing + -ly. The correct English form is menacingly, spelled M-E-N-A-C-I-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a menacing manner.
Etymology
From menacing + -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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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.