slavishly
/ˈsleɪvɪʃli/
"slavishly" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“slavishly” is uncommon English (frequency #77,204 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,204
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a slavish manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-slavishly · slavishly · English
slavishly · rank #77,204 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,204
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH slants
Nearest frequency peer: slants (-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 “slavishly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- siltstone
siltstone
22,801 corpus weight
- slants
slants
22,798 corpus weight
- slavishly
slavishly
22,797 corpus weight
- SLD
SLD
22,796 corpus weight
- sleepwalker
sleepwalker
22,795 corpus weight
- sleuths
sleuths
22,794 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “slavishly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slavishly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈsleɪvɪʃli/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,204 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “slavishly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
slavishly is uncommon English at frequency #77,204 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈsleɪvɪʃli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a slavish manner.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for slavishly, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From slavish + -ly. The correct English form is slavishly, spelled S-L-A-V-I-S-H-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a slavish manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how slavishly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Although the words were not slavishly borrowed, the expressions partook of the simple dignity of the liturgy to which she had been accustomed, and was probably as worthy of the Being to whom they were addressed as they could well be made by human powers.
"Railways seldom slavishly followed styles to be seen in the mainstream of contemporary architecture," HE [Historic England] explains.
Etymology
From slavish + -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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