skillfully

Name: skillfully, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adv

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“skillfully” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,517. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,517
frequency rank, English: 6,566
“S” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a skillful manner; with skill.

Corpus desk

Index EN-skillfully · skillfully · English

skillfully · rank #35,517 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #35,517
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,566
PHOTO-FINISH skylight

Nearest frequency peer: skylight (+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.

Shiraz

64,488
shitload

64,487
shouldered

64,486
skillfully

64,484
skylight

64,483
sneaked

64,480

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

skillfully vs skillful

80% similar

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

Key facts for skillfully
Property	Value
Headword	skillfully
Language	English
Part of speech	Adverb
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#35,517
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “skillfully”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).skillfullylands here:

#35,517

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “skylight” (#35,518), “shouldered” (#35,515), “shitload” (#35,514). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “skillfully” is #35,517. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around skillfully, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #35,517 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a skillful manner; with skill.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for skillfully, with forms such as "ksillfully", "sikllfully", and "skilflully". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "skillful", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English skilfully, skylfully, skilfulliche, equivalent to skillful + -ly. The correct English form is skillfully, spelled S-K-I-L-L-F-U-L-L-Y.

Definition

1
In a skillful manner; with skill.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

On Sundays he mounted the pulpit instead of black bare bones, and as a preacher he drew the fangs of Satan with his spiritual pullikins, almost as skillfully as he did the teeth of his brother sinners on week days, with his metallic ones.

Etymology

From Middle English skilfully, skylfully, skilfulliche, equivalent to skillful + -ly.

Synonyms

handily

This word in other languages

geschickt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ksillfully
sikllfully
skilflully
skilfully
skillffully
skillfluly
skillfullyy
skillfuly
skillfulyl
skilluflly
skkillfully
sklilfully
sskillfully

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "skillfully"

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 "skillfully"?

"skillfully" is spelled S-K-I-L-L-F-U-L-L-Y.

What does "skillfully" mean?

As an adverb, "skillfully" means: In a skillful manner; with skill.

What words are commonly confused with "skillfully"?

"skillfully" is commonly confused with "skillful". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "skillfully"?

From Middle English skilfully, skylfully, skilfulliche, equivalent to skillful + -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 "skillfully", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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