rashly
"rashly" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rashly” is uncommon English (frequency #63,927 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,927
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration; with precipitation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rashly · rashly · English
rashly · rank #63,927 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,927
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Ravana
Nearest frequency peer: Ravana (+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 “rashly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rakhi
rakhi
36,079 corpus weight
- rann
rann
36,078 corpus weight
- rashly
rashly
36,074 corpus weight
- Ravana
Ravana
36,073 corpus weight
- reaps
reaps
36,071 corpus weight
- rebuff
rebuff
36,070 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “rashly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rashly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,927 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rashly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rashly is uncommon English at frequency #63,927 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration; with precipitation.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rashly, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From rash + -ly. The correct English form is rashly, spelled R-A-S-H-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration; with precipitation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rashly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Now if it ſo be that it woulde happely be thought not a thyng metely to be aduentured to ſet all on a fluſhe at ones, and daſhe raſhelye out holye ſcrypture in euerye lewde felowes teeth: […]
Alas Wat, I haue kild the kings officer in ſtriking raſhly.
Etymology
From rash + -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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).