Which to use
“intuitive” is an adjective and “intuitively” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,543
- “intuitive” frequency rank
- #27,519
- “intuitively” frequency rank
- 41062
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intuitive | intuitively |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought. | By intuition; with skill or accuracy, but without special training or planning; instinctively. |
Letter map: intuitive vs intuitively
Shared letters muted; letters that set intuitive and intuitively apart highlighted. Shared run: 9.
Part-of-speech tell for intuitive / intuitively
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: intuitive is anadjective and intuitivelyanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “intuitive” sits inside “intuitively”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41062, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intuitive is recorded at frequency rank #13,543, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/. intuitively is at rank #27,519, 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 41062, this pair ranks #261,843 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intuitive vs intuitively
Shared letters: eintuv. Private to "intuitive": -. Private to "intuitively": ly.
"intuitive" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVCV · "intuitively" · 11 letters · shape VCCVVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- intuitive ← inntuitive · intiutive · inttuitive · intuiitve · intuitiev · intuitivve · intuittive · intuitvie
- intuitively ← inntuitively · intiutively · inttuitively · intuiitvely · intuitievly · intuitivelly · intuitivelyy · intuitiveyl
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "intuitive" vs "intuitively" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "intuitive" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intuitively" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #261,843 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intuitive" and "intuitively" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inductive vs intuitive". 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 #261,843 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.