uniformly
/ˈjunəfɔɹmli/
"uniformly" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uniformly” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,846. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,846
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a uniform manner, consistently.
Corpus desk
Index EN-uniformly · uniformly · English
uniformly · rank #22,846 · 14 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,846
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unearthed
Nearest frequency peer: unearthed (-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 “uniformly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Turing
Turing
77,158 corpus weight
- unearthed
unearthed
77,156 corpus weight
- uniformly
uniformly
77,155 corpus weight
- unqualified
unqualified
77,154 corpus weight
- unquestiona…
unquestionably
77,153 corpus weight
- unravel
unravel
77,152 corpus weight
What this shows “uniformly” 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 | uniformly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈjunəfɔɹmli/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,846 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “uniformly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around uniformly (IPA /ˈjunəfɔɹmli/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #22,846 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a uniform manner, consistently.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for uniformly, with forms such as "nuiformly", "uinformly", and "unfiormly". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "uniforms", "uniform", "uniformed", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From uniform + -ly. The correct English form is uniformly, spelled U-N-I-F-O-R-M-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a uniform manner, consistently.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how uniformly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Pullmans have been painted green, uniformly with the rest of the stock, and only their characteristic outline distinguishes them from the rest of the stock.
After decades of observation, it's pretty obvious to me that all governments are uniformly useless at actually running anything, so we need to employ the private sector to do the job for us on properly specified contracts [...].
Etymology
From uniform + -ly.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuiformly
- uinformly
- unfiormly
- unifformly
- unifomrly
- uniforlmy
- uniformlly
- uniformlyy
- uniformmly
- uniformyl
- uniforrmly
- unifromly
- uniofrmly
- unniformly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of uniformly - 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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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