moderately

Name: moderately, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adv

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“moderately” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,762. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,762
frequency rank, English: 4,057
“M” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a moderate manner.

Corpus desk

Index EN-moderately · moderately · English

moderately · rank #13,762 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #13,762
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 15 variants
BOOK-MID 4,057
PHOTO-FINISH mister

Nearest frequency peer: mister (-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.

milo

86,241
mister

86,240
moderately

86,239
MRI

86,238
multimedia

86,237
multination…

86,236

What this shows “moderately” 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).

moderately vs moderate

80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for moderately
Property	Value
Headword	moderately
Language	English
Part of speech	Adverb
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#13,762
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “moderately”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).moderatelylands here:

#13,762

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “mister” (#13,761), “MRI” (#13,763), “milo” (#13,760). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “moderately” is #13,762. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around moderately, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #13,762 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for moderately, with forms such as "mdoerately", "mmoderately", and "modderately". 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, "moderate", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English moderately, moderatelye, moderatliche, moderatly, modiratli; equivalent to moderate + -ly. The correct English form is moderately, spelled M-O-D-E-R-A-T-E-L-Y.

Definition

1
In a moderate manner.
2
To a moderate extent or degree.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

During the debate, they disagreed plainly, but moderately.
They were at least moderately happy with their bonuses.

Etymology

From Middle English moderately, moderatelye, moderatliche, moderatly, modiratli; equivalent to moderate + -ly.

This word in other languages

moderadamente(Español)moderadamente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

mdoerately
mmoderately
modderately
modeartely
moderaetly
moderatelly
moderatelyy
moderateyl
moderatley
moderattely
moderrately
modertaely
modreately
moedrately
omderately

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moderately - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "moderately"

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 "moderately"?

"moderately" is spelled M-O-D-E-R-A-T-E-L-Y.

What does "moderately" mean?

As an adverb, "moderately" means: In a moderate manner.

What words are commonly confused with "moderately"?

"moderately" is commonly confused with "moderate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "moderately"?

From Middle English moderately, moderatelye, moderatliche, moderatly, modiratli; equivalent to moderate + -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 "moderately", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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