InternationalevsinternationallyWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Internationale is a name, internationally is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Internationale” is a name and “internationally” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,288
“Internationale” frequency rank
#7,702
“internationally” frequency rank
40990
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Internationale internationally
Definition A general left-wing anthem for solidarity and emancipation of the working class, dating back to the 19th century. In an international manner.

Letter map: Internationale vs internationally

Shared letters muted; letters that set Internationale and internationally apart highlighted. Shared run: 13. Internationale runs 14 letters (VCCVCCVCVVCVCV) against internationally's 15 (VCCVCCVCVVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

14 ch
Internationale
15 ch
internationally

Part-of-speech tell for Internationale / internationally

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Internationale is aname and internationallyanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40990, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Internationale is recorded at frequency rank #33,288, classified as aname, pronounced /ˌɪn.tɚˌnæ.ʃənˈæl/. internationally is at rank #7,702, 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 40990, this pair ranks #262,552 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Internationale vs internationally

Shared letters: aeilnort. Private to "Internationale": -. Private to "internationally": y.

"Internationale" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVCVCV  ·  "internationally" · 15 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Internationale ← inetrnationale · innternationale · intenrationale · interantionale · internaitonale · internatinoale · internatioanle · internationael
  • internationally ← inetrnationally · innternationally · intenrationally · interantionally · internaitonally · internatinoally · internatioanlly · internationallyy

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Internationale" for "internationally" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Internationale" is a name and "internationally" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "Internationale" or "internationally" show up more?
"internationally" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,702 in our English list, against #33,288 for "Internationale". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Internationale" vs "internationally" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Internationale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "internationally" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #262,552 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Internationale" and "internationally" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "international vs Internationale". 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 #262,552 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list