recently
/ˈɹiːsənt.li/
"recently" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“recently” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,026. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,026
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In the recent past
Corpus desk
Index EN-recently · recently · English
recently · rank #1,026 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,026
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH provided
Nearest frequency peer: provided (-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 “recently”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- network
network
98,978 corpus weight
- peace
peace
98,977 corpus weight
- provided
provided
98,976 corpus weight
- recently
recently
98,975 corpus weight
- required
required
98,974 corpus weight
- sales
sales
98,973 corpus weight
What this shows “recently” 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 | recently |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈɹiːsənt.li/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,026 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “recently”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around recently (IPA /ˈɹiːsənt.li/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #1,026 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for recently, with forms such as "ercently", "rceently", and "reccently". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "reentry", "recent", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From recent + -ly. The correct English form is recently, spelled R-E-C-E-N-T-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In the recent past
- 2In the recent past
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how recently appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My recently published book about the life stories of recently-arrived immigrants.
The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
Etymology
From recent + -ly.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ercently
- rceently
- reccently
- recenlty
- recenntly
- recentlly
- recentlyy
- recenttly
- recentyl
- recetnly
- recnetly
- reecntly
- rrecently
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recently - 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 "recently", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).