shallowly

adv

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"shallowly" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“shallowly” is uncommon English (frequency #83,739 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,739
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a shallow manner, without depth.

Corpus desk

Index EN-shallowly · shallowly · English

shallowly · rank #83,739 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,739
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH shearling

Nearest frequency peer: shearling (+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 “shallowly”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for shallowly
PropertyValue
Headwordshallowly
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters9
Frequency rank#83,739
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “shallowly” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).shallowlyfalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “shearling” (#83,740), “Sheetz” (#83,741), “senhor” (#83,735). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “shallowly” is #83,739. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

shallowly is uncommon English at frequency #83,739 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a shallow manner, without depth.".

No misspelling variants are generated for shallowly in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From shallow + -ly. The correct English form is shallowly, spelled S-H-A-L-L-O-W-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In a shallow manner, without depth.

Etymology

From shallow + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shallowly"?
"shallowly" is spelled S-H-A-L-L-O-W-L-Y.
What does "shallowly" mean?
As an adverb, "shallowly" means: In a shallow manner, without depth.
What is the origin of the word "shallowly"?
From shallow + -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 "shallowly", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

shearling#83,740sobriquet#83,766solipsism#83,767soundless#83,771

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list