Which to use
“unconditional” is an adjective and “unconditionally” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,300
- “unconditional” frequency rank
- #23,712
- “unconditionally” frequency rank
- 39012
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | unconditional | unconditionally |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Absolute; without conditions, limitations, reservations or qualifications. | Without condition, absolutely. |
Letter map: unconditional vs unconditionally
Shared letters muted; letters that set unconditional and unconditionally apart highlighted. Shared run: 13.
Part-of-speech tell for unconditional / unconditionally
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: unconditional is anadjective and unconditionallyanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “unconditional” sits inside “unconditionally”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
unconditional is recorded at frequency rank #15,300, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃənəl/. unconditionally is at rank #23,712, 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 39012, this pair ranks #280,675 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of unconditional vs unconditionally
Shared letters: acdilnotu. Private to "unconditional": -. Private to "unconditionally": y.
"unconditional" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVCVC · "unconditionally" · 15 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- unconditional ← nuconditional · ucnonditional · uncconditional · uncnoditional · uncodnitional · uncondditional · uncondiitonal · unconditinoal
- unconditionally ← nuconditionally · ucnonditionally · uncconditionally · uncnoditionally · uncodnitionally · uncondditionally · uncondiitonally · unconditinoally
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "unconditional" and "unconditionally" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "unconditional" or "unconditionally" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "unconditional" vs "unconditionally" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "unconditional" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "unconditionally" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,675 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 #280,675 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.