virulently
"virulently" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“virulently” is uncommon English (frequency #85,918 among 7,391 “V” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,918
- frequency rank, English
- 7,391
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in a virulent manner
Corpus desk
Index EN-virulently · virulently · English
virulently · rank #85,918 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,918
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,391
- PHOTO-FINISH vividness
Nearest frequency peer: vividness (+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 “virulently”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vetiver
vetiver
14,091 corpus weight
- viney
viney
14,086 corpus weight
- virulently
virulently
14,083 corpus weight
- vividness
vividness
14,082 corpus weight
- Vliet
Vliet
14,081 corpus weight
- voyaging
voyaging
14,079 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “virulently” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | virulently |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #85,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “virulently” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
virulently is uncommon English at frequency #85,918 among 7,391 “V” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in a virulent manner".
virulently has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From virulent + -ly. The correct English form is virulently, spelled V-I-R-U-L-E-N-T-L-Y.
Definition
- 1in a virulent manner
Etymology
From virulent + -ly.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.