# unofficial vs unofficially

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### unofficial
*adjective · IPA /ʌn.əˈfɪʃ.əl/ · frequency rank #11,993*
Not officially established.

### unofficially
*adverb · frequency rank #31,391*
In a way that is not official; in an unofficial manner.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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