# unintentional vs unintentionally

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### unintentional
*adjective · IPA /ˌʌnɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/ · frequency rank #24,943*
Not intended or deliberate; inadvertent; unwitting.

### unintentionally
*adverb · frequency rank #22,258*
Without meaning to, in an unintentional manner, not intentionally.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unintentional-vs-unintentionally