uncomfortably
"uncomfortably" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uncomfortably” has 21 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,134. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,134
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an uncomfortable manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-uncomfortably · uncomfortably · English
uncomfortably · rank #29,134 · 21 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #29,134
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH Tunis
Nearest frequency peer: Tunis (-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 “uncomfortably”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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travesty
70,870 corpus weight
- tricking
tricking
70,869 corpus weight
- Tunis
Tunis
70,868 corpus weight
- uncomfortab…
uncomfortably
70,867 corpus weight
- undiscovered
undiscovered
70,866 corpus weight
- unisex
unisex
70,865 corpus weight
What this shows “uncomfortably” 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 | uncomfortably |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #29,134 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “uncomfortably”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around uncomfortably, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #29,134 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In an uncomfortable manner.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for uncomfortably, with forms such as "nucomfortably", "ucnomfortably", and "unccomfortably". 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, "uncomfortable", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From uncomfortable + -ly or un- + comfortably. The correct English form is uncomfortably, spelled U-N-C-O-M-F-O-R-T-A-B-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an uncomfortable manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how uncomfortably appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Everyone else shifted uncomfortably as this guy continued his derisive laughter and proclaimed my quest the most idiotic thing he'd heard in his life.
What I deemed a welcoming community when I moved into it (despite its name), feels uncomfortably different to me after someone from my HOA posted on Nextdoor (which groups members into virtual neighborhoods based on their real addresses) about removing “plantation” from Haile Plantation as a consideration toward residents and visitors who are Black, indig…
Etymology
From uncomfortable + -ly or un- + comfortably.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nucomfortably
- ucnomfortably
- unccomfortably
- uncmofortably
- uncofmortably
- uncomffortably
- uncomforatbly
- uncomforrtably
- uncomfortabbly
- uncomfortablly
- uncomfortablyy
- uncomfortabyl
- uncomfortalby
- uncomfortbaly
- uncomforttably
- uncomfotrably
- uncomfrotably
- uncommfortably
- uncomofrtably
- unncomfortably
- unocmfortably
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of uncomfortably - 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.
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).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).