prodigiously
"prodigiously" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prodigiously” is uncommon English (frequency #82,689 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,689
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a prodigious manner; astonishingly, enormously, impressively, wonderfully.
Corpus desk
Index EN-prodigiously · prodigiously · English
prodigiously · rank #82,689 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,689
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH proteasome
Nearest frequency peer: proteasome (+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 “prodigiously”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pottinger
pottinger
17,318 corpus weight
- Prajapati
Prajapati
17,317 corpus weight
- precognition
precognition
17,315 corpus weight
- preeminence
preeminence
17,314 corpus weight
- prodigiously
prodigiously
17,312 corpus weight
- proteasome
proteasome
17,311 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “prodigiously” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prodigiously |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #82,689 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “prodigiously” in English
Rare enough to double-check
prodigiously is uncommon English at frequency #82,689 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a prodigious manner; astonishingly, enormously, impressively, wonderfully.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for prodigiously in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From prodigious + -ly. The correct English form is prodigiously, spelled P-R-O-D-I-G-I-O-U-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a prodigious manner; astonishingly, enormously, impressively, wonderfully.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prodigiously appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[T]he Mercers encreaſing prodigiouſly vvent back into the City; there like Bees unhiv'd they hover about a vvhile, not knovving vvhere to fix; but at laſt, as if they vvould come back to the old Hive in Pater-noſter Rovv, but could not be admitted, the ſvvarm ſettled on Lu[d]gate-hill.
The Dashwoods were so prodigiously delighted with the Middletons, that, though not much in the habit of giving any thing, they determined to give them—a dinner; […]
Etymology
From prodigious + -ly.
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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