painstakingly
/ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋli/
"painstakingly" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“painstakingly” has 21 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,449. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,449
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully.
Corpus desk
Index EN-painstakingly · painstakingly · English
painstakingly · rank #35,449 · 21 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #35,449
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH pantyhose
Nearest frequency peer: pantyhose (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “painstakingly”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- overdraft
overdraft
64,556 corpus weight
- overturning
overturning
64,555 corpus weight
- painstaking…
painstakingly
64,552 corpus weight
- pantyhose
pantyhose
64,551 corpus weight
- parametric
parametric
64,550 corpus weight
- parentage
parentage
64,549 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “painstakingly” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | painstakingly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋli/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #35,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “painstakingly” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around painstakingly (IPA /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋli/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #35,449 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for painstakingly, with forms such as "apinstakingly", "painnstakingly", and "painsatkingly". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "painstaking", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From painstaking + -ly. The correct English form is painstakingly, spelled P-A-I-N-S-T-A-K-I-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully.
Etymology
From painstaking + -ly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apinstakingly
- painnstakingly
- painsatkingly
- painsstakingly
- painstaikngly
- painstakignly
- painstakinggly
- painstakinglly
- painstakinglyy
- painstakingyl
- painstakinlgy
- painstakinngly
- painstakkingly
- painstaknigly
- painstkaingly
- painsttakingly
- paintsakingly
- paisntakingly
- panistakingly
- pianstakingly
- ppainstakingly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of painstakingly - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "painstakingly", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).
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.