sensitively
"sensitively" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sensitively” is uncommon English (frequency #54,473 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,473
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In a sensitive manner; with sensitivity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sensitively · sensitively · English
sensitively · rank #54,473 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,473
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH semicolon
Nearest frequency peer: semicolon (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sensitively”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Seitz
Seitz
45,530 corpus weight
- semicolon
semicolon
45,529 corpus weight
- sensitively
sensitively
45,528 corpus weight
- SEU
SEU
45,527 corpus weight
- sev
sev
45,526 corpus weight
- sexed
sexed
45,525 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sensitively” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sensitively |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #54,473 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sensitively” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sensitively is uncommon English at frequency #54,473 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a sensitive manner; with sensitivity.".
sensitively doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sensitive + -ly. The correct English form is sensitively, spelled S-E-N-S-I-T-I-V-E-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a sensitive manner; with sensitivity.
Etymology
From sensitive + -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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sensitively", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.