painlessly
"painlessly" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“painlessly” is uncommon English (frequency #62,393 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,393
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a painless manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-painlessly · painlessly · English
painlessly · rank #62,393 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,393
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH paedophilia
Nearest frequency peer: paedophilia (-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 “painlessly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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oxidize
37,612 corpus weight
- padawan
padawan
37,610 corpus weight
- paedophilia
paedophilia
37,609 corpus weight
- painlessly
painlessly
37,608 corpus weight
- pangolin
pangolin
37,606 corpus weight
- paramour
paramour
37,605 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “painlessly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | painlessly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,393 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “painlessly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
painlessly is uncommon English at frequency #62,393 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a painless manner.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for painlessly in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From painless + -ly. The correct English form is painlessly, spelled P-A-I-N-L-E-S-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a painless manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how painlessly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The marina was filled with yachts and powerboats, sleek multihulls fitted with the latest satellite-navigation gear that would steer the owners painlessly towards similar luxury berths at Portofino and Bandol.
Etymology
From painless + -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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