partly
/ˈpɑɹtli/
"partly" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“partly” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,318. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,318
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In part, or to some degree, but not completely.
Corpus desk
Index EN-partly · partly · English
partly · rank #4,318 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,318
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Oregon
Nearest frequency peer: Oregon (-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 “partly”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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mi
95,686 corpus weight
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nuts
95,685 corpus weight
- Oregon
Oregon
95,684 corpus weight
- partly
partly
95,683 corpus weight
- petition
petition
95,682 corpus weight
- phrase
phrase
95,681 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “partly” 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 | partly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈpɑɹtli/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,318 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “partly” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around partly (IPA /ˈpɑɹtli/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #4,318 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In part, or to some degree, but not completely.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for partly, with forms such as "aprtly", "parlty", and "parrtly". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "party", "parts", "Patty", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From part + -ly. The correct English form is partly, spelled P-A-R-T-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In part, or to some degree, but not completely.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how partly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They had partly finished the house, so they could move in before winter; the car was partly visible in the garage.
Five minutes into the game the Black Cats were facing a mountain, partly because of West Brom's newly-found ruthlessness in front of goal but also as a result of the home side's defensive generosity.
Etymology
From part + -ly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprtly
- parlty
- parrtly
- partlly
- partlyy
- parttly
- partyl
- patrly
- ppartly
- pratly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of partly - 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 "partly", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "partly" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "party". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,318 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
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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.