voraciously

adv

"voraciously" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“voraciously” is uncommon English (frequency #84,889 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,889
frequency rank, English
969
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a voracious manner.

Corpus desk

Index EN-voraciously · voraciously · English

voraciously · rank #84,889 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,889
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 969
  • PHOTO-FINISH vitrified

Nearest frequency peer: vitrified (-2 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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Long-tail ranks near “voraciously”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “voraciously” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for voraciously
PropertyValue
Headwordvoraciously
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters11
Frequency rank#84,889
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “voraciously” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).voraciouslyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “vitrified” (#84,887), “wainscoting” (#84,891), “Viswanathan” (#84,886). Among 969 “V” headwords, “voraciously” is #84,889. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

voraciously is uncommon English at frequency #84,889 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a voracious manner.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for voraciously, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From voracious + -ly. The correct English form is voraciously, spelled V-O-R-A-C-I-O-U-S-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In a voracious manner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how voraciously appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tsiolkas's Europe, as voraciously predatory as his own undead protagonist, is a far cry from the fount of idealistic humanism dreamed up by generations of both pre- and post-Enlightenment politicians and philosophers, a Europe defined by its durable capacity for civility in an otherwise barbarous world.

Etymology

From voracious + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "voraciously"?
"voraciously" is spelled V-O-R-A-C-I-O-U-S-L-Y.
What does "voraciously" mean?
As an adverb, "voraciously" means: In a voracious manner.
What is the origin of the word "voraciously"?
From voracious + -ly. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list