tastefully

adv

"tastefully" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“tastefully” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,666. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,666
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-tastefully · tastefully · English

tastefully · rank #49,666 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #49,666
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH tamales

Nearest frequency peer: tamales (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “tastefully”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “tastefully” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

tastefully vs tasteful
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for tastefully
PropertyValue
Headwordtastefully
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters10
Frequency rank#49,666
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “tastefully”

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).tastefullylands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “tamales” (#49,665), “talkies” (#49,664), “Taf” (#49,663). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “tastefully” is #49,666. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around tastefully, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #49,666 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a tasteful manner.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for tastefully, with forms such as "atstefully", "tasetfully", and "tasstefully". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tasteful", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From tasteful + -ly. The correct English form is tastefully, spelled T-A-S-T-E-F-U-L-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In a tasteful manner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. He could see that she was tastefully, though not richly, dressed, and that she walked with an elastic step that revealed a light heart and the vigor of perfect health. Her face, of course, he could not analyze, since he had caught only the one brief but convincing glimpse of it.
  2. Passenger saloons are tastefully furnished with wood veneer and partitions, mottled grey Vyanide walls, pale primrose ceilings and grey floor.

Etymology

From tasteful + -ly.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atstefully
  • tasetfully
  • tasstefully
  • tasteffully
  • tastefluly
  • tastefullyy
  • tastefuly
  • tastefulyl
  • tasteuflly
  • tastfeully
  • tasttefully
  • tatsefully
  • tsatefully
  • ttastefully

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tastefully - 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.

atstefully2tasetfully2tasstefully1tasteffully1tastefluly2tastefullyy1tastefuly1tastefulyl2
Edit distance from "tastefully"

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 "tastefully"?
"tastefully" is spelled T-A-S-T-E-F-U-L-L-Y.
What does "tastefully" mean?
As an adverb, "tastefully" means: In a tasteful manner.
What words are commonly confused with "tastefully"?
"tastefully" is commonly confused with "tasteful". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "tastefully"?
From tasteful + -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 "tastefully", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list