Which to use
“unanimous” is an adjective and “unanimously” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,630
- “unanimous” frequency rank
- #12,706
- “unanimously” frequency rank
- 24336
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | unanimous | unanimously |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Based on unanimity, assent or agreement. | In a unanimous manner; without objection. |
Letter map: unanimous vs unanimously
Shared letters muted; letters that set unanimous and unanimously apart highlighted. Shared run: 9. unanimous runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVVC) against unanimously's 11 (VCVCVCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: unanimous vs unanimously
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: unanimous is anadjective and unanimouslyanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “unanimous” sits inside “unanimously”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24336, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
unanimous is recorded at frequency rank #11,630, classified as anadj, pronounced /juːˈnanɪməs/. unanimously is at rank #12,706, 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 24336, this pair ranks #402,722 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of unanimous vs unanimously
Shared letters: aimnosu. Private to "unanimous": -. Private to "unanimously": ly.
"unanimous" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "unanimously" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- unanimous ← nuanimous · uannimous · unainmous · unanimmous · unanimosu · unanimouss · unanimuos · unaniomus
- unanimously ← nuanimously · uannimously · unainmously · unanimmously · unanimosuly · unanimoulsy · unanimouslly · unanimouslyy
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "unanimous" and "unanimously". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "unanimous" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "unanimously" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #402,722 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 #402,722 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.