temperamentally

adv

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"temperamentally" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“temperamentally” is uncommon English (frequency #94,328 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,328
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-temperamentally · temperamentally · English

temperamentally · rank #94,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,328
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH Teignmouth

Nearest frequency peer: Teignmouth (-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 “temperamentally”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for temperamentally
PropertyValue
Headwordtemperamentally
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters15
Frequency rank#94,328
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “temperamentally” 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).temperamentallyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Teignmouth” (#94,327), “tediously” (#94,326), “territoriality” (#94,330). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “temperamentally” is #94,328. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

temperamentally is uncommon English at frequency #94,328 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

temperamentally has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 temperamental + -ly. The correct English form is temperamentally, spelled T-E-M-P-E-R-A-M-E-N-T-A-L-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In a temperamental manner.
  2. 2
    By one's temperament.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The car engine coughed temperamentally before roaring into life.
  2. The first [phase] calls for leaders impatient with the past, and temperamentally disposed to an irreverent break with tradition. They must be agitators who can fan the flames of discontent and gather forces with the strength to tear down the old.

Etymology

From temperamental + -ly.

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 "temperamentally"?
"temperamentally" is spelled T-E-M-P-E-R-A-M-E-N-T-A-L-L-Y.
What does "temperamentally" mean?
As an adverb, "temperamentally" means: In a temperamental manner.
What is the origin of the word "temperamentally"?
From temperamental + -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 "temperamentally", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list