Which to use
“technological” is an adjective and “technologically” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,528
- “technological” frequency rank
- #24,018
- “technologically” frequency rank
- 30546
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | technological | technologically |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Of, relating to, or involving technology, especially modern scientific technology. | In a technological manner. |
Letter map: technological vs technologically
Shared letters muted; letters that set technological and technologically apart highlighted. Shared run: 13.
Role in the sentence - technological and technologically
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: technological is anadjective and technologicallyanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “technological” sits inside “technologically”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30546, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
technological is recorded at frequency rank #6,528, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˌtɛk.nəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/. technologically is at rank #24,018, tagged as anadv.
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 30546, this pair ranks #353,668 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of technological vs technologically
Shared letters: aceghilnot. Private to "technological": -. Private to "technologically": y.
"technological" · 13 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVCVC · "technologically" · 15 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- technological ← etchnological · tcehnological · tecchnological · techhnological · technloogical · technnological · technolgoical · technollogical
- technologically ← etchnologically · tcehnologically · tecchnologically · techhnologically · technloogically · technnologically · technolgoically · technollogically
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "technological" and "technologically" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "technological" or "technologically"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "technological" and "technologically".
- Full dictionary entry for "technological" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "technologically" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #353,668 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #353,668 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.