threateningly
"threateningly" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“threateningly” is uncommon English (frequency #95,514 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,514
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a threatening manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-threateningly · threateningly · English
threateningly · rank #95,514 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,514
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH thyroiditis
Nearest frequency peer: thyroiditis (+2 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 “threateningly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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terai
4,494 corpus weight
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tetrachloride
4,493 corpus weight
- therm
therm
4,491 corpus weight
- threatening…
threateningly
4,487 corpus weight
- thyroiditis
thyroiditis
4,485 corpus weight
- titer
titer
4,482 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “threateningly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | threateningly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #95,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “threateningly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
threateningly is uncommon English at frequency #95,514 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a threatening manner.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for threateningly in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From threatening + -ly. The correct English form is threateningly, spelled T-H-R-E-A-T-E-N-I-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a threatening manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how threateningly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He tried to glare threateningly, but how much of a threat can you be when you are naked AND tied to a bed?
As the beasts surrounded her, chattering threateningly the while they goaded her with their cudgels and beat and kicked her with their fists and feet, she lay with closed eyes, praying for the merciful death that she knew alone could give her surcease from suffering[.]
Etymology
From threatening + -ly.
Synonyms
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).