thinly
/ˈθɪnli/
"thinly" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thinly” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,513. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,513
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thinly · thinly · English
thinly · rank #20,513 · 10 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,513
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Tanaka
Nearest frequency peer: Tanaka (-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 “thinly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- streamlined
streamlined
79,492 corpus weight
- syringe
syringe
79,490 corpus weight
- Tanaka
Tanaka
79,489 corpus weight
- thinly
thinly
79,488 corpus weight
- Timor
Timor
79,486 corpus weight
- tinted
tinted
79,485 corpus weight
What this shows “thinly” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | thinly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈθɪnli/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #20,513 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “thinly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around thinly (IPA /ˈθɪnli/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #20,513 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for thinly, with forms such as "htinly", "thhinly", and "thilny". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "tiny", "tilly", "thirty", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English þynnelich (“with thin material; thinly”); equivalent to thin + -ly. The correct English form is thinly, spelled T-H-I-N-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly.
- 2Barely; hardly; with little attempt to conceal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thinly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The surroundings become bleak in the extreme as the timber line is approached and trees give place to thinly scattered birches that are little more than bushes.
Brüno was a case of diminishing returns, intermittently amusing but not nearly as bracing or funny as Borat—it didn’t help that Brüno was the most thinly conceived of all his Da Ali G Show characters—and the lead-up to Baron Cohen’s new comedy, The Dictator, made it look like he’d boxed himself into a corner.
Etymology
From Middle English þynnelich (“with thin material; thinly”); equivalent to thin + -ly.
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htinly
- thhinly
- thilny
- thinlly
- thinlyy
- thinnly
- thinyl
- thnily
- tihnly
- tthinly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thinly - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).