sensually
"sensually" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sensually” is uncommon English (frequency #95,397 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,397
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a sensual manner; in a way that excites the senses; sexily.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sensually · sensually · English
sensually · rank #95,397 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,397
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH serotonergic
Nearest frequency peer: serotonergic (+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 “sensually”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Sennacherib
Sennacherib
4,606 corpus weight
- sensually
sensually
4,604 corpus weight
- serotonergic
serotonergic
4,603 corpus weight
- Sers
Sers
4,602 corpus weight
- sesquicente…
sesquicentennial
4,601 corpus weight
- seventieth
seventieth
4,600 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sensually” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sensually |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #95,397 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sensually” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sensually is uncommon English at frequency #95,397 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a sensual manner; in a way that excites the senses; sexily.".
sensually has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sensual + -ly. The correct English form is sensually, spelled S-E-N-S-U-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a sensual manner; in a way that excites the senses; sexily.
Etymology
From sensual + -ly.
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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