overwhelmingly
/ˌəʊ.vəˈwɛl.mɪŋ.lɪ/
"overwhelmingly" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“overwhelmingly” has 23 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,180. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,180
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 23
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an overwhelming manner; very greatly or intensely.
Corpus desk
Index EN-overwhelmingly · overwhelmingly · English
overwhelmingly · rank #14,180 · 23 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #14,180
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 23 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH ounces
Nearest frequency peer: ounces (-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 “overwhelmingly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Nicola
Nicola
85,824 corpus weight
- optimum
optimum
85,823 corpus weight
- ounces
ounces
85,822 corpus weight
- overwhelmin…
overwhelmingly
85,821 corpus weight
- oyster
oyster
85,820 corpus weight
- pastoral
pastoral
85,819 corpus weight
What this shows “overwhelmingly” 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 | overwhelmingly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˌəʊ.vəˈwɛl.mɪŋ.lɪ/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #14,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 23 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “overwhelmingly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 23 spelling variants around overwhelmingly (IPA /ˌəʊ.vəˈwɛl.mɪŋ.lɪ/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #14,180 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for overwhelmingly, with forms such as "oevrwhelmingly", "overhwelmingly", and "overrwhelmingly". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "overwhelming", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From overwhelming + -ly. The correct English form is overwhelmingly, spelled O-V-E-R-W-H-E-L-M-I-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an overwhelming manner; very greatly or intensely.
- 2Mostly; predominantly; almost completely.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how overwhelmingly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gratifying as it is to read such editorials even in the press which supports Mr. Marples' party—and to learn that the G.N. Line's London suburban electrification is at last being given a cost-benefit analysis of the kind which overwhelmingly justified the L.T. Victoria Line [...] but years later than need have been—[...].
The Conan O’Brien-penned half-hour has the capacity to rip our collective hearts out the way the cute, funny bad girl next door does to Bart when she reveals that her new boyfriend is Jimbo Jones, but the show keeps shying away from genuine emotion in favor of jokes that, while overwhelmingly funny, detract from the poignancy and the emotional intimacy of…
Etymology
From overwhelming + -ly.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oevrwhelmingly
- overhwelmingly
- overrwhelmingly
- overwehlmingly
- overwhelimngly
- overwhellmingly
- overwhelmignly
- overwhelminggly
- overwhelminglly
- overwhelminglyy
- overwhelmingyl
- overwhelminlgy
- overwhelminngly
- overwhelmmingly
- overwhelmnigly
- overwhemlingly
- overwhhelmingly
- overwhlemingly
- overwwhelmingly
- ovewrhelmingly
- ovrewhelmingly
- ovverwhelmingly
- voerwhelmingly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of overwhelmingly - 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.
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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Same letter count
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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (23 here; floor ≥5).