# developmental vs developmentally

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### developmental
*adjective · IPA /dɪˌvɛləpˈmɛntəl/ · frequency rank #9,874*
Related to development.

### developmentally
*adverb · frequency rank #40,209*
In terms of development.

## Source
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