correctly
cor·rect·ly/kəˈɹɛk(t).li/adverb
correctly is spelled C-O-R-R-E-C-T-L-Y: 9 letters and 3 syllables (cor·rect·ly). It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, correctly means “In a correct manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in correctly?
| Letters | 9: C-O-R-R-E-C-T-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: cor·rect·ly |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,025th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is correctly?
Correctly appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th 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 correctly?
- US /kəˈɹɛk(t).li/
- Australia /kəˈɹek(t).li/
Correctly has 3 syllables, split cor·rect·ly in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-correctly.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with correctly?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as correctly from its last stressed vowel (/ɛkli/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of correctly
- more correctly comparative
- most correctly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does correctly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a correct manner.
Most people couldn't pronounce Daragh's name correctly, so he went by the name of "Dave" instead.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Correctly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a correct manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | correctement |
| Portuguese | corretamente |
| Spanish | correctamente |
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 correctly come from?
From correct + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).