completely
com·plete·ly/kəmˈpliːtli/adverb
completely is spelled C-O-M-P-L-E-T-E-L-Y, 3 syllables: com·plete·ly. The wrong spelling people search most is completley: about 170 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 23 of all searches for the word. Completely is an adverb meaning “In a complete manner; thoroughly”.
How many letters and syllables are in completely?
| Letters | 10: C-O-M-P-L-E-T-E-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: com·plete·ly |
| In writing | 100 times per million words; the 1,076th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 4; the most searched, completley, about 170 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 completely?
Completely is spelled C-O-M-P-L-E-T-E-L-Y. 4 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 17 of the searches for completely 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 completely?
Completely appears 100 times per million words in written English, the 1,076th 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 completely?
- /kəmˈpliːtli/
Completely has 3 syllables, split com·plete·ly in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-completely.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of completely
- more completely comparative
- most completely superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does completely mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a complete manner; thoroughly.
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- 2
To the fullest extent or degree; totally.
He is completely mad.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Completely in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | complètement |
| German | vollständig, völlig, ganz , vollumfänglich |
| Portuguese | completamente, totalmente |
| Spanish | completamente, por completo, del todo, de todo punto, en toda la línea, con armas y bagajes |
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 completely come from?
From complete + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).