annually
an·nu·al·ly/ˈæn.ju.ə.li/adverb
annually is spelled A-N-N-U-A-L-L-Y, 4 syllables: an·nu·al·ly. The wrong spelling people search most is anually: about 270 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Annually is an adverb meaning “Once every year without fail, yearly”.
How many letters and syllables are in annually?
| Letters | 8: A-N-N-U-A-L-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: an·nu·al·ly |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,496th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, anually, about 270 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 annually?
Annually is spelled A-N-N-U-A-L-L-Y. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for annually 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 annually?
Annually appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th 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 annually?
- UK /ˈæn.jʊə.li/
- US /ˈæn.ju.ə.li/
- Australia /ˈæn.jʊə.li/
Annually has 4 syllables, split an·nu·al·ly in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Jjamesryan-annually.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does annually mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
Once every year without fail, yearly
The Sunshine Festival is held annually, at the end of May.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate annually?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of annually: a..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Annually in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense once every year:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | annuellement |
| German | jährlich |
| Portuguese | anualmente |
| Spanish | anualmente |
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 annually come from?
From annual + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).