sublimely

adv

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

The verdict

“sublimely” is uncommon English (frequency #85,823 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,823
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-sublimely · sublimely · English

sublimely · rank #85,823 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,823
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH sublease

Nearest frequency peer: sublease (-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 “sublimely”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sublimely
PropertyValue
Headwordsublimely
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,823
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “sublimely” 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).sublimelyfalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “sublease” (#85,822), “subluxation” (#85,824), “subclavian” (#85,821). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “sublimely” is #85,823. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sublimely is uncommon English at frequency #85,823 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a sublime manner.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sublimely, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From sublime + -ly. The correct English form is sublimely, spelled S-U-B-L-I-M-E-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In a sublime manner.

Etymology

From sublime + -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 "sublimely"?
"sublimely" is spelled S-U-B-L-I-M-E-L-Y.
What does "sublimely" mean?
As an adverb, "sublimely" means: In a sublime manner.
What is the origin of the word "sublimely"?
From sublime + -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 "sublimely", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

subalpine#85,820Summerlin#85,827steepness#85,813Tamerlane#85,843

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list