aesthetically
adverb
aesthetically is spelled A-E-S-T-H-E-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is asthetically: about 60 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 18 of all searches for the word. Aesthetically is an adverb meaning “In an aesthetic manner; with a pleasing sensory effect”.
How many letters and syllables are in aesthetically?
| Letters | 13: A-E-S-T-H-E-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,651st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, asthetically, about 60 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell aesthetically?
Aesthetically is spelled A-E-S-T-H-E-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 18 of the searches for aesthetically in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is aesthetically?
Aesthetically appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce aesthetically?
- US
Aesthetically has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-aesthetically.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with aesthetically
Also written: esthetically.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of aesthetically
- more aesthetically comparative
- most aesthetically superlative
- æsthetically
- esthetically
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aesthetically mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In an aesthetic manner; with a pleasing sensory effect.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Aesthetically in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in an aesthetic manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | esthétiquement |
| German | ästhetisch |
| Portuguese | esteticamente |
| Spanish | estéticamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does aesthetically come from?
From aesthetic + -ally.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).