Which to use
“electrical” is an adjective and “electrically” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,485
- “electrical” frequency rank
- #22,656
- “electrically” frequency rank
- 26141
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | electrical | electrically |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Related to electricity (or electronics) | By means of electricity. |
Letter map: electrical vs electrically
Shared letters muted; letters that set electrical and electrically apart highlighted. Shared run: 10.
Role in the sentence - electrical and electrically
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: electrical is anadjective and electricallyanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “electrical” sits inside “electrically”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26141, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
electrical is recorded at frequency rank #3,485, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɪˈlɛktɹɪkəl/. electrically is at rank #22,656, 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 26141, this pair ranks #388,894 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of electrical vs electrically
Shared letters: aceilrt. Private to "electrical": -. Private to "electrically": y.
"electrical" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCCVCVC · "electrically" · 12 letters · shape VCVCCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- electrical ← eelctrical · elcetrical · elecctrical · elecrtical · electircal · electrcial · electriacl · electricall
- electrically ← eelctrically · elcetrically · elecctrically · elecrtically · electircally · electrcially · electriaclly · electricallyy
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "electrical" and "electrically" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "electrical" or "electrically"?
After this comparison
Pair "electrical" vs "electrically" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "electrical" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "electrically" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #388,894 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "electrical" and "electrically" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "electrical vs electrics". 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 #388,894 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.