syntactically

adv

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"syntactically" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“syntactically” is uncommon English (frequency #80,028 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,028
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - According to the rules of syntax.

Corpus desk

Index EN-syntactically · syntactically · English

syntactically · rank #80,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,028
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH syncretism

Nearest frequency peer: syncretism (-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 “syntactically”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for syntactically
PropertyValue
Headwordsyntactically
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters13
Frequency rank#80,028
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “syntactically” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).syntacticallyfalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “syncretism” (#80,027), “synchronously” (#80,026), “Sylhet” (#80,025). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “syntactically” is #80,028. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

syntactically is uncommon English at frequency #80,028 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "According to the rules of syntax.".

syntactically has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From syntactic + -ally. The correct English form is syntactically, spelled S-Y-N-T-A-C-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    According to the rules of syntax.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how syntactically appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The sentence was syntactically correct, but made no sense.
  2. Thus, there is a third kind of judgment, which we shall call characterization. The wa-phrase and ga-phrase serve syntactically to distinguish predicational judgment not only from nonpredicational description but also from characterizational judgment.

Etymology

From syntactic + -ally.

This word in other languages

syntaxiquement(Français)

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 "syntactically"?
"syntactically" is spelled S-Y-N-T-A-C-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y.
What does "syntactically" mean?
As an adverb, "syntactically" means: According to the rules of syntax.
What is the origin of the word "syntactically"?
From syntactic + -ally. 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 "syntactically", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

synchronously#80,026supernumerary#80,019thoughtlessly#80,045structuralist#80,008

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list