rigidly
/ˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪd.li/
"rigidly" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rigidly” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,420. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,420
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a rigid manner; stiffly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rigidly · rigidly · English
rigidly · rank #40,420 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,420
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH revoking
Nearest frequency peer: revoking (-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 “rigidly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- recuperate
recuperate
59,586 corpus weight
- Remi
Remi
59,585 corpus weight
- retweet
retweet
59,583 corpus weight
- revoking
revoking
59,582 corpus weight
- rigidly
rigidly
59,581 corpus weight
- Roblox
Roblox
59,577 corpus weight
What this shows “rigidly” 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 | rigidly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪd.li/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,420 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “rigidly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around rigidly (IPA /ˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪd.li/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #40,420 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a rigid manner; stiffly.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for rigidly, with forms such as "irgidly", "rgiidly", and "rigdily". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "rigid", "rapidly", "rightly", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From rigid + -ly. The correct English form is rigidly, spelled R-I-G-I-D-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a rigid manner; stiffly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rigidly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What could have been done by such a machine downhill can only be conjectured, for the maximum speed was restricted rigidly to 80 m.p.h.
Even her sex life is rigidly regulated, the liaisons with her married co-worker, Peter (Michael Esper), unfolding with more efficiency than pleasure.
Etymology
From rigid + -ly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irgidly
- rgiidly
- rigdily
- riggidly
- rigiddly
- rigidlly
- rigidlyy
- rigidyl
- rigildy
- riigdly
- rrigidly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rigidly - 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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Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rigidly", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).