sentence adverb
"sentence-adverb" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sentence adverb” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An adverb that modifies an entire clause or sentence rather than a single word or phrase.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sentence-adverb · sentence adverb · English
sentence adverb · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sentence adverb |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sentence adverb” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sentence adverb is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An adverb that modifies an entire clause or sentence rather than a single word or phrase.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sentence adverb, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is sentence adverb, spelled S-E-N-T-E-N-C-E- -A-D-V-E-R-B.
Definition
- 1An adverb that modifies an entire clause or sentence rather than a single word or phrase.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sentence adverb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.