apparently
/əˈpæɹəntli/adverb
apparently is spelled A-P-P-A-R-E-N-T-L-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is aparently: about 110 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 24 of all searches for the word. Apparently is an adverb meaning “Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently”.
How many letters and syllables are in apparently?
| Letters | 10: A-P-P-A-R-E-N-T-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 63 times per million words; the 1,668th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 6; the most searched, aparently, about 110 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 apparently?
Apparently is spelled A-P-P-A-R-E-N-T-L-Y. 6 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for apparently 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 apparently?
Apparently appears 63 times per million words in written English, the 1,668th 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 apparently?
- UK /əˈpæɹəntli/
- British /əˈpaɹəntlɪj/
- US /əˈpæɹəntli/
Apparently 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: En-us-apparently.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of apparently
- more apparently comparative
- most apparently superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does apparently mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
rarePlainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
- 2
Seemingly; in appearance.
A man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
- 3
According to what the speaker has read or heard.
Apparently you are quite a good dancer.
- 4
According to what one can deduce.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate apparently?
Wiktionary records 3 abbreviations of apparently: appar, appar., appaz.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Apparently in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | apparemment, évidemment , en apparence |
| German | offensichtlich, offenbar , scheinbar, anscheinend, augenscheinlich, dem Anschein nach |
| Portuguese | claramente, evidentemente , aparentemente, pelos vistos , ao que parece |
| Spanish | por lo visto , aparentemente, al parecer, según parece, por la cuenta |
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 apparently come from?
From apparent + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).