Which to use
“adamant” is an adjective and “adamantly” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,026
- “adamant” frequency rank
- #41,976
- “adamantly” frequency rank
- 62002
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adamant | adamantly |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined. | In an immovable or inflexible manner. |
Letter map: adamant vs adamantly
Shared letters muted; letters that set adamant and adamantly apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Grammar separator: adamant vs adamantly
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: adamant is anadjective and adamantlyanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “adamant” sits inside “adamantly”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62002, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adamant is recorded at frequency rank #20,026, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈæd.ə.mənt/. adamantly is at rank #41,976, tagged as anadv.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 62002, this pair ranks #90,940 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of adamant vs adamantly
Shared letters: admnt. Private to "adamant": -. Private to "adamantly": ly.
"adamant" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC · "adamantly" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "adamant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adamantly" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #90,940 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adamant" and "adamantly" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adamant vs Andaman". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #90,940 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.