metabolically
"metabolically" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“metabolically” is uncommon English (frequency #74,311 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,311
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In terms of, or by means of, metabolism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-metabolically · metabolically · English
metabolically · rank #74,311 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,311
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH metamorphism
Nearest frequency peer: metamorphism (+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 “metabolically”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- merest
merest
25,692 corpus weight
- metabolical…
metabolically
25,690 corpus weight
- metamorphism
metamorphism
25,689 corpus weight
- Methuselah
Methuselah
25,688 corpus weight
- Michaelson
Michaelson
25,685 corpus weight
- mickle
mickle
25,684 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “metabolically” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | metabolically |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #74,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “metabolically” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
metabolically is uncommon English at frequency #74,311 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In terms of, or by means of, metabolism.".
No misspelling variants are generated for metabolically in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From metabolic + -ally. The correct English form is metabolically, spelled M-E-T-A-B-O-L-I-C-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In terms of, or by means of, metabolism.
Etymology
From metabolic + -ally.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "metabolically", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 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.