unknowingly
/ʌnˈnəʊ.ɪŋ.li/
"unknowingly" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unknowingly” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,244. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,244
- frequency rank, English
- 23,789
- “U” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Without awareness, without intent.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unknowingly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ʌnˈnəʊ.ɪŋ.li/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #25,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unknowingly” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around unknowingly (IPA /ʌnˈnəʊ.ɪŋ.li/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #25,244 among 23,789 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Without awareness, without intent.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for unknowingly, with forms such as "nuknowingly", "uknnowingly", and "unkknowingly". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From unknowing + -ly. The correct English form is unknowingly, spelled U-N-K-N-O-W-I-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Without awareness, without intent.
Etymology
From unknowing + -ly.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nuknowingly,uknnowingly,unkknowingly,unknnowingly,unknoiwngly,unknowignly,unknowinggly,unknowinglly,unknowinglyy,unknowingyl,unknowinlgy,unknowinngly,unknownigly,unknowwingly,unknwoingly,unkonwingly,unnknowingly,unnkowingly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unknowingly - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “unknowingly”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-N-K-N-O-W-I-N-G-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʌnˈnəʊ.ɪŋ.li/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.