robustly

adv

"robustly" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“robustly” is uncommon English (frequency #60,428 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,428
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-robustly · robustly · English

robustly · rank #60,428 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,428
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH rockwood

Nearest frequency peer: rockwood (+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 “robustly”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “robustly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for robustly
PropertyValue
Headwordrobustly
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,428
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “robustly” in English

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).robustlyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “rockwood” (#60,429), “Ridgewood” (#60,426), “rollicking” (#60,430). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “robustly” is #60,428. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

robustly is uncommon English at frequency #60,428 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a robust manner.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for robustly in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 robust + -ly. The correct English form is robustly, spelled R-O-B-U-S-T-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In a robust manner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. This implies the use of two selection criteria – frequency and prominence – both of which are difficult to determine without access to a robustly representative corpus or an extensive and comprehensive citation collection.

Etymology

From robust + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "robustly"?
"robustly" is spelled R-O-B-U-S-T-L-Y.
What does "robustly" mean?
As an adverb, "robustly" means: In a robust manner.
What is the origin of the word "robustly"?
From robust + -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 "robustly", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list