Which to use
“environmental” is an adjective and “environmentally” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,040
- “environmental” frequency rank
- #16,224
- “environmentally” frequency rank
- 18264
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | environmental | environmentally |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pertaining to the environment. | In a manner affecting the environment. |
Letter map: environmental vs environmentally
Shared letters muted; letters that set environmental and environmentally apart highlighted. Shared run: 13.
Grammar separator: environmental vs environmentally
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: environmental is anadjective and environmentallyanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “environmental” sits inside “environmentally”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18264, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
environmental is recorded at frequency rank #2,040, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɪnˌvaɪ.ɹə(n)ˈmɛn.təl/. environmentally is at rank #16,224, 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 18264, this pair ranks #446,043 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of environmental vs environmentally
Shared letters: aeilmnortv. Private to "environmental": -. Private to "environmentally": y.
"environmental" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCCVC · "environmentally" · 15 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- environmental ← enivronmental · ennvironmental · enviornmental · envirnomental · enviromnental · environemntal · environmenatl · environmenntal
- environmentally ← enivronmentally · ennvironmentally · enviornmentally · envirnomentally · enviromnentally · environemntally · environmenatlly · environmenntally
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "environmental" and "environmentally" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "environmental" vs "environmentally" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "environmental" and "environmentally". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "environmental" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "environmentally" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #446,043 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "environmental" and "environmentally" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "environment vs environmental". 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 #446,043 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.