successively
"successively" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“successively” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #28,392 in English word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #28,392
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In a serial or successive manner; one following another.
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 | successively |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #28,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “successively” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for successively is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb. Corpus data places it at rank #28,392 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "In a serial or successive manner; one following another.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for successively, with forms such as "scucessively", "ssuccessively", and "succesisvely". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "successive", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From successive + -ly. The correct English form is successively, spelled S-U-C-C-E-S-S-I-V-E-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a serial or successive manner; one following another.
Etymology
From successive + -ly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: scucessively,ssuccessively,succesisvely,succesively,successievly,successivelly,successivelyy,successiveyl,successivley,successivvely,successviely,succsesively,sucecssively,sucessively,usccessively
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of successively - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “successively”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-U-C-C-E-S-S-I-V-E-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “successive” - see the side-by-side comparison. successively vs successive
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.