morphologically
"morphologically" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“morphologically” is uncommon English (frequency #53,116 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,116
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - With regard to morphology.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | morphologically |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #53,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “morphologically” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
morphologically is uncommon English at frequency #53,116 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "With regard to morphology.".
morphologically has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From morphological + -ly. The correct English form is morphologically, spelled M-O-R-P-H-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1With regard to morphology.
Etymology
From morphological + -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.
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Using “morphologically”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-O-R-P-H-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.