# mistaken vs mistakenly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mistaken
*verb · IPA /mɪˈsteɪkn̩/ · frequency rank #7,363*
past participle of mistake

### mistakenly
*adverb · IPA /mɪˈsteɪ.kən.li/ · frequency rank #16,077*
Wrongly; erroneously.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mistaken-vs-mistakenly