# slight vs slightly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### slight
*adjective · IPA /slaɪt/ · frequency rank #4,982*
Minor; small in amount

### slightly
*adverb · IPA /ˈslaɪtli/ · frequency rank #1,839*
Slenderly; delicately.

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