pointedly
"pointedly" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pointedly” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,397. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,397
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Explicitly; with emphasis; so as to make a point, especially with criticism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pointedly · pointedly · English
pointedly · rank #40,397 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #40,397
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH PnP
Nearest frequency peer: PnP (-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 “pointedly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- pleated
pleated
59,607 corpus weight
- pled
pled
59,606 corpus weight
- PnP
PnP
59,605 corpus weight
- pointedly
pointedly
59,604 corpus weight
- powerball
powerball
59,601 corpus weight
- pretence
pretence
59,600 corpus weight
What this shows “pointedly” 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 | pointedly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #40,397 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “pointedly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around pointedly, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #40,397 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for pointedly, with forms such as "opintedly", "piontedly", and "poinetdly". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pointed", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pointed + -ly. The correct English form is pointedly, spelled P-O-I-N-T-E-D-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Explicitly; with emphasis; so as to make a point, especially with criticism.
- 2Wittily or pithily.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pointedly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The film echoes a central question from all the Wick films, though: is he a natural-born murderer? Or a good man underneath it all? "This is who you are," the Marquis tells him. "A killer." The question is pointedly unresolved here.
In a second ruling on Sunday, Immergut expanded on her earlier order, temporarily blocking the administration from deploying troops from any state to Portland, and pointedly questioning an administration attorney over what she characterized as an attempt to circumvent her earlier order.
Etymology
From pointed + -ly.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opintedly
- piontedly
- poinetdly
- poinntedly
- pointdely
- pointeddly
- pointedlly
- pointedlyy
- pointedyl
- pointeldy
- pointtedly
- poitnedly
- ponitedly
- ppointedly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pointedly - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).