responsibly

Name: responsibly, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adv

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“responsibly” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,339. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,339
frequency rank, English: 3,094
“R” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a responsible manner.

Corpus desk

Index EN-responsibly · responsibly · English

responsibly · rank #21,339 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #21,339
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 18 variants
BOOK-MID 3,094
PHOTO-FINISH requisite

Nearest frequency peer: requisite (-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.

renewing

78,665
reopening

78,664
requisite

78,663
responsibly

78,662
Reuben

78,660
revolve

78,659

What this shows “responsibly” 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).

responsibly vs responsible

91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for responsibly
Property	Value
Headword	responsibly
Language	English
Part of speech	Adverb
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#21,339
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “responsibly”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).responsiblylands here:

#21,339

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “requisite” (#21,338), “reopening” (#21,337), “Reuben” (#21,341). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “responsibly” is #21,339. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around responsibly, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #21,339 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a responsible manner.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for responsibly, with forms such as "ersponsibly", "repsonsibly", and "resopnsibly". 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, "responsible", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From responsible + -ly. The correct English form is responsibly, spelled R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-B-L-Y.

Definition

1
In a responsible manner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how responsibly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

The country ran shuttles and posted signs encouraging visitors to enjoy the display responsibly, but those precautions didn't prevent rattlesnake bites, twisted ankles, heat exhaustion, Instacelebs and other selfie-takers lying in or otherwise trampling the delicate blooms they'd come to see.

Etymology

From responsible + -ly.

Antonyms

irresponsibly

This word in other languages

responsablemente(Español)responsavelmente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ersponsibly
repsonsibly
resopnsibly
respnosibly
responisbly
responnsibly
responsbily
responsibbly
responsiblly
responsiblyy
responsibyl
responsilby
responssibly
resposnibly
respponsibly
ressponsibly
rresponsibly
rseponsibly

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of responsibly - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "responsibly"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "responsibly"?

"responsibly" is spelled R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-B-L-Y.

What does "responsibly" mean?

As an adverb, "responsibly" means: In a responsible manner.

What words are commonly confused with "responsibly"?

"responsibly" is commonly confused with "responsible". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "responsibly"?

From responsible + -ly. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "responsibly", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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