roundly
"roundly" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“roundly” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,461. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,461
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Circularly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-roundly · roundly · English
roundly · rank #48,461 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,461
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rood
Nearest frequency peer: rood (-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 “roundly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- riverbed
riverbed
51,544 corpus weight
- Robespierre
Robespierre
51,543 corpus weight
- rood
rood
51,541 corpus weight
- roundly
roundly
51,540 corpus weight
- rummaging
rummaging
51,538 corpus weight
- Ryde
Ryde
51,537 corpus weight
What this shows “roundly” 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 | roundly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,461 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “roundly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around roundly, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #48,461 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for roundly, with forms such as "orundly", "ronudly", and "roudnly". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Rounds", "roundup", "round", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English roundly, roundely, roundliche, equivalent to round + -ly. The correct English form is roundly, spelled R-O-U-N-D-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Circularly.
- 2Utterly or thoroughly.
- 3Boldly; openly.
- 4Briskly.
- 5Generally.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how roundly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
When, over in the east, General Valentine Baker led his force of four thousand irregulars against Osman Digna, he was roundly thrashed.
Etymology
From Middle English roundly, roundely, roundliche, equivalent to round + -ly.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- orundly
- ronudly
- roudnly
- rounddly
- roundlly
- roundlyy
- roundyl
- rounldy
- rounndly
- rroundly
- ruondly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of roundly - 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 "roundly", 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).