Which to use
“interesting” is an adjective and “interestingly” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,083
- “interesting” frequency rank
- #12,998
- “interestingly” frequency rank
- 14081
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interesting | interestingly |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Of concern; affecting, important. | In an interesting way. |
Letter map: interesting vs interestingly
Shared letters muted; letters that set interesting and interestingly apart highlighted. Shared run: 11.
Grammar separator: interesting vs interestingly
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: interesting is anadjective and interestinglyanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “interesting” sits inside “interestingly”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interesting is recorded at frequency rank #1,083, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈɪntɹəstɪŋ/. interestingly is at rank #12,998, 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 14081, this pair ranks #472,156 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of interesting vs interestingly
Shared letters: eginrst. Private to "interesting": -. Private to "interestingly": ly.
"interesting" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCC · "interestingly" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- interesting ← inetresting · innteresting · inteersting · interesitng · interessting · interestign · interestingg · interestinng
- interestingly ← inetrestingly · innterestingly · inteerstingly · interesitngly · interesstingly · interestignly · interestinggly · interestinglly
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "interesting" and "interestingly" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "interesting" vs "interestingly" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "interesting" vs "interestingly" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "interesting" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interestingly" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #472,156 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #472,156 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.