obligingly
"obligingly" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“obligingly” is uncommon English (frequency #97,378 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,378
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an obliging manner; so as to oblige another; as a favour to another.
Corpus desk
Index EN-obligingly · obligingly · English
obligingly · rank #97,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,378
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Offaly
Nearest frequency peer: Offaly (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “obligingly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- nuru
nuru
2,628 corpus weight
- O'Gara
O'Gara
2,625 corpus weight
- obligingly
obligingly
2,623 corpus weight
- Offaly
Offaly
2,622 corpus weight
- oficina
oficina
2,621 corpus weight
- opalescent
opalescent
2,617 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “obligingly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obligingly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “obligingly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
obligingly is uncommon English at frequency #97,378 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In an obliging manner; so as to oblige another; as a favour to another.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for obligingly, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From obliging + -ly. The correct English form is obligingly, spelled O-B-L-I-G-I-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an obliging manner; so as to oblige another; as a favour to another.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how obligingly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
'I'll see to that for you, Miss Clara,' he said obligingly.
Speaker obligingly changed the angle of his cutting.
Etymology
From obliging + -ly.
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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