mortally
/ˈmɔːtəli/
"mortally" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mortally” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,439. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,439
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fatally; in such a way as to cause death.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mortally · mortally · English
mortally · rank #39,439 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,439
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mormonism
Nearest frequency peer: Mormonism (-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 “mortally”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- monotony
monotony
60,565 corpus weight
- mopping
mopping
60,564 corpus weight
- Mormonism
Mormonism
60,563 corpus weight
- mortally
mortally
60,562 corpus weight
- moveable
moveable
60,561 corpus weight
- musculoskel…
musculoskeletal
60,559 corpus weight
What this shows “mortally” 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 | mortally |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈmɔːtəli/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #39,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mortally”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around mortally (IPA /ˈmɔːtəli/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #39,439 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mortally, with forms such as "mmortally", "moratlly", and "morrtally". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "mortal", "morally", "mentally", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English mortally, equivalent to mortal + -ly. The correct English form is mortally, spelled M-O-R-T-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Fatally; in such a way as to cause death.
- 2As a mortal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mortally appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sir Philip Sidney, soldier, courtier, statesman and poet, was born at Penshurst in 1554. He won imperishable fame 32 years later at the Battle of Zutphen in Holland when, mortally wounded, he refused a drink of water and passed his flask to a wounded soldier, with the words: 'Thy necessity is yet greater than mine.'
And all the depth of rightfull doome was taught / By faire Astræa with great industrie, / Whilest here on earth she lived mortallie […]
Etymology
From Middle English mortally, equivalent to mortal + -ly.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmortally
- moratlly
- morrtally
- mortallyy
- mortaly
- mortalyl
- mortlaly
- morttally
- motrally
- mrotally
- omrtally
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mortally - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "mortally", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).