Which to use
“financial” is an adjective and “financially” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #874
- “financial” frequency rank
- #7,339
- “financially” frequency rank
- 8213
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | financial | financially |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Related to finances. | In terms of finance or money. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set financial and financially apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: financial is anadjective and financiallyanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “financial” sits inside “financially”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8213, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
financial is recorded at frequency rank #874, classified as anadj, pronounced /faɪˈnænʃəl/. financially is at rank #7,339, 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 8213, this pair ranks #503,624 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of financial vs financially
Shared letters: acfiln. Private to "financial": -. Private to "financially": y.
"financial" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "financially" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- financial ← ffinancial · fianncial · finacnial · financail · financcial · financiall · financila · finanical
- financially ← ffinancially · fianncially · finacnially · financailly · financcially · financiallyy · financialy · financialyl
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "financial" and "financially" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "financial" or "financially"?
Remembering financial vs financially
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “financial”; for an adverb, it's “financially”.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “financial” entry
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