unsurprisingly
"unsurprisingly" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unsurprisingly” has 23 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,779. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,779
- frequency rank, English
- 23,789
- “U” headwords
- 23
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Not surprisingly, as could be expected.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unsurprisingly · unsurprisingly · English
unsurprisingly · rank #28,779 · 23 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #28,779
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 23 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,789
- PHOTO-FINISH uninhabited
Nearest frequency peer: uninhabited (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “unsurprisingly”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- uncensored
uncensored
71,225 corpus weight
- unforgivable
unforgivable
71,224 corpus weight
- uninhabited
uninhabited
71,223 corpus weight
- unsurprisin…
unsurprisingly
71,222 corpus weight
- untenable
untenable
71,221 corpus weight
- unwavering
unwavering
71,220 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “unsurprisingly” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | unsurprisingly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #28,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 23 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unsurprisingly” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 23 spelling variants around unsurprisingly, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #28,779 among 23,789 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Not surprisingly, as could be expected.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for unsurprisingly, with forms such as "nusurprisingly", "unnsurprisingly", and "unsruprisingly". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "unsurprising", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From unsurprising + -ly or un- + surprisingly. The correct English form is unsurprisingly, spelled U-N-S-U-R-P-R-I-S-I-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Not surprisingly, as could be expected.
Etymology
From unsurprising + -ly or un- + surprisingly.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nusurprisingly
- unnsurprisingly
- unsruprisingly
- unssurprisingly
- unsuprrisingly
- unsurpirsingly
- unsurpprisingly
- unsurpriisngly
- unsurprisignly
- unsurprisinggly
- unsurprisinglly
- unsurprisinglyy
- unsurprisingyl
- unsurprisinlgy
- unsurprisinngly
- unsurprisnigly
- unsurprissingly
- unsurprrisingly
- unsurprsiingly
- unsurrpisingly
- unsurrprisingly
- unusrprisingly
- usnurprisingly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unsurprisingly - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unsurprisingly", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (23 here; floor ≥5).
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.