# accidently

> English word · Adverb · frequency rank #34,363

## Definitions
1. Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.

## Etymology
From Middle English accidently, accidentli (“by chance; temporarily; artificially”), equivalent to accident + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **accident** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accident-vs-accidently)
- **accidental** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accidental-vs-accidently)
- **accidentally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accidentally-vs-accidently)

## Common misspellings (14)
`accdiently`, `acciddently`, `accidenlty`, `accidenntly`, `accidentlly`, `accidentlyy`, `accidenttly`, `accidentyl`, `accidetnly`, `accidnetly`, `acciedntly`, `acicdently`, `acidently`, `cacidently`

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