# ideally vs ideals

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ideally
*adverb · IPA /aɪˈdɪə.li/ · frequency rank #10,379*
In an ideal way; perfectly.

### ideals
*noun · IPA /aɪˈdi.əlz/ · frequency rank #9,905*
plural of ideal

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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