# possible vs possibly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### possible
*adjective · IPA /ˈpɒs.ə.bəl/ · frequency rank #438*
Able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible.

### possibly
*adverb · IPA /ˈpɒs.ə.bli/ · frequency rank #1,770*
Perhaps; indicates that the proposition may be true (is not certainly false) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker.

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