mockingly
"mockingly" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mockingly” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,361. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,361
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Said, written, or done with the intent to mock, or ridicule; with mocking effect.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mockingly · mockingly · English
mockingly · rank #48,361 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #48,361
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mistral
Nearest frequency peer: mistral (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “mockingly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Minna
Minna
51,644 corpus weight
- Minot
Minot
51,643 corpus weight
- mistral
mistral
51,641 corpus weight
- mockingly
mockingly
51,640 corpus weight
- mook
mook
51,638 corpus weight
- morbidly
morbidly
51,637 corpus weight
What this shows “mockingly” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mockingly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mockingly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around mockingly, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #48,361 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Said, written, or done with the intent to mock, or ridicule; with mocking effect.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for mockingly, with forms such as "mcokingly", "mmockingly", and "mocckingly". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "mocking", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mocking + -ly. The correct English form is mockingly, spelled M-O-C-K-I-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Said, written, or done with the intent to mock, or ridicule; with mocking effect.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mockingly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I remember how mockingly bright the day seemed as I went back on my melancholy pilgrimage to the little house at Woking, how busy the streets and vivid the moving life about me.
It then mockingly says they connect “like-minded Tesla owners with one another, facilitating a vibrant community through shared contact information.”
Etymology
From mocking + -ly.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mcokingly
- mmockingly
- mocckingly
- mocikngly
- mockignly
- mockinggly
- mockinglly
- mockinglyy
- mockingyl
- mockinlgy
- mockinngly
- mockkingly
- mocknigly
- mokcingly
- omckingly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mockingly - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mockingly", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).