# peculiar vs peculiarly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### peculiar
*adjective · IPA /pɪˈkjuː.li.ə/ · frequency rank #11,759*
Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.

### peculiarly
*adverb · IPA /pɪˈkjuljɚli/ · frequency rank #46,683*
Such as to be greater than usual; particularly; exceptionally.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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