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 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,870
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a subliminal manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-subliminally · subliminally · English
subliminally · rank #81,870 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,870
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH subletting
Nearest frequency peer: subletting (-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 “subliminally”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- stubblefield
stubblefield
18,135 corpus weight
- subletting
subletting
18,132 corpus weight
- subliminally
subliminally
18,131 corpus weight
- submersion
submersion
18,130 corpus weight
- Sugiyama
Sugiyama
18,127 corpus weight
- sunbelt
sunbelt
18,124 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “subliminally” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “subliminally” in English
Rare enough to double-check
subliminally is uncommon English at frequency #81,870 among 6,566 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how subliminally appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Could it be from messages on my TV which I'm getting subliminally?
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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