solemnly
/ˈsɒləmli/
"solemnly" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“solemnly” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,026. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,026
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a solemn manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-solemnly · solemnly · English
solemnly · rank #28,026 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,026
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH snooker
Nearest frequency peer: snooker (-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 “solemnly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Simeon
Simeon
71,981 corpus weight
- slaughtering
slaughtering
71,980 corpus weight
- SME
SME
71,977 corpus weight
- snooker
snooker
71,976 corpus weight
- solemnly
solemnly
71,975 corpus weight
- starling
starling
71,970 corpus weight
What this shows “solemnly” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | solemnly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈsɒləmli/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,026 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “solemnly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around solemnly (IPA /ˈsɒləmli/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #28,026 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a solemn manner.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for solemnly, with forms such as "oslemnly", "sloemnly", and "soelmnly". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "solely", "solemn", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From solemn + -ly. The correct English form is solemnly, spelled S-O-L-E-M-N-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a solemn manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how solemnly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And yet, though the happiness may be unenduring, what heart, though seared by time and worldly care, can fail to sympathise with those emotions of early life? In after years there are none such. They are the high noon of earthly joy. After them, life goes on decayingly and solemnly to its shadowy sunset.
Etymology
From solemn + -ly.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oslemnly
- sloemnly
- soelmnly
- solemlny
- solemmnly
- solemnlly
- solemnlyy
- solemnnly
- solemnyl
- solenmly
- sollemnly
- solmenly
- ssolemnly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of solemnly - 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.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).