# unsurprising vs unsurprisingly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### unsurprising
*adjective · frequency rank #42,473*
Not surprising; expected.

### unsurprisingly
*adverb · frequency rank #28,779*
Not surprisingly, as could be expected.

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