Which to use
“notably” is an adverb and “notary” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,035
- “notably” frequency rank
- #25,152
- “notary” frequency rank
- 32187
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | notably | notary |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | As a pointed example; in a notable manner. | A lawyer of noncontentious private civil law who drafts, takes, and records legal instruments for private parties, and provides legal advice, but does not appear in court on his or her clients' behalf. |
Letter map: notably vs notary
Shared letters muted; letters that set notably and notary apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. notably runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against notary's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - notably and notary
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: notably is anadverb and notaryanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
notably is recorded at frequency rank #7,035, classified as anadv. notary is at rank #25,152, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈnoʊtəɹi/.
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 32187, this pair ranks #339,927 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of notably vs notary
Shared letters: anoty. Private to "notably": bl. Private to "notary": r.
"notably" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "notary" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "notably" and "notary" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "notably" or "notary"?
What to do next
You've compared "notably" and "notary". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "notably" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "notary" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #339,927 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "notably" and "notary" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nary vs notary". 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 #339,927 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.