subliminally
/sʌbˈlɪm.ɪ.nə.li/
"subliminally" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“subliminally” is uncommon English (frequency #81,870 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,870
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In a subliminal manner.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subliminally |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /sʌbˈlɪm.ɪ.nə.li/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #81,870 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “subliminally” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
subliminally is uncommon English at frequency #81,870 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /sʌbˈlɪm.ɪ.nə.li/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a subliminal manner.".
No misspelling variants are generated for subliminally in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From subliminal + -ly. The correct English form is subliminally, spelled S-U-B-L-I-M-I-N-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a subliminal manner.
Etymology
From subliminal + -ly.
This word in other languages
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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Using “subliminally”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-U-B-L-I-M-I-N-A-L-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.