shockingly

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"shockingly" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“shockingly” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,573. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,573
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a shocking manner.

Corpus desk

Index EN-shockingly · shockingly · English

shockingly · rank #25,573 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #25,573
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH sheik

Nearest frequency peer: sheik (-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 “shockingly”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “shockingly” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

shockingly vs shocking
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for shockingly
PropertyValue
Headwordshockingly
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters10
Frequency rank#25,573
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “shockingly”

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).shockinglylands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “sheik” (#25,572), “Shrewsbury” (#25,574), “sensibilities” (#25,571). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “shockingly” is #25,573. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around shockingly, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #25,573 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for shockingly, with forms such as "hsockingly", "shcokingly", and "shhockingly". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "shocking", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From shocking + -ly. The correct English form is shockingly, spelled S-H-O-C-K-I-N-G-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In a shocking manner.
  2. 2
    To a shocking degree.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how shockingly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. He had thinned shockingly, losing 100 pounds in the last month of his illness.
  2. Their efforts were shockingly slipshod.

Etymology

From shocking + -ly.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsockingly
  • shcokingly
  • shhockingly
  • shocckingly
  • shocikngly
  • shockignly
  • shockinggly
  • shockinglly
  • shockinglyy
  • shockingyl
  • shockinlgy
  • shockinngly
  • shockkingly
  • shocknigly
  • shokcingly
  • sohckingly
  • sshockingly

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shockingly - 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.

hsockingly2shcokingly2shhockingly1shocckingly1shocikngly2shockignly2shockinggly1shockinglly1
Edit distance from "shockingly"

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 "shockingly"?
"shockingly" is spelled S-H-O-C-K-I-N-G-L-Y.
What does "shockingly" mean?
As an adverb, "shockingly" means: In a shocking manner.
What words are commonly confused with "shockingly"?
"shockingly" is commonly confused with "shocking". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "shockingly"?
From shocking + -ly. See the full etymology section above for more details.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shockingly", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Shrewsbury#25,574seamlessly#25,566schoolgirl#25,565stuttering#25,598

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

sedimentary17 variantsobjectivity17 variantsapprehension17 variantscomplainant17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list