Which to use
“sufficiency” is a noun and “sufficiently” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,039
- “sufficiency” frequency rank
- #9,675
- “sufficiently” frequency rank
- 37714
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sufficiency | sufficiently |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The quality or condition of being sufficient. | In a sufficient manner; enough. |
Letter map: sufficiency vs sufficiently
Shared letters muted; letters that set sufficiency and sufficiently apart highlighted. Shared run: 10.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sufficiency is anoun and sufficientlyanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37714, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sufficiency is recorded at frequency rank #28,039, classified as anoun. sufficiently is at rank #9,675, tagged as anadv, pronounced /səˈfɪʃəntli/.
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 37714, this pair ranks #292,151 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sufficiency vs sufficiently
Shared letters: cefinsuy. Private to "sufficiency": -. Private to "sufficiently": lt.
"sufficiency" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCV · "sufficiently" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sufficiency ← sfuficiency · ssufficiency · suffciiency · sufficciency · sufficeincy · sufficiecny · sufficienccy · sufficiencyy
- sufficiently ← sfuficiently · ssufficiently · suffciiently · sufficciently · sufficeintly · sufficienlty · sufficienntly · sufficientlly