currently
/ˈkʌɹ ənt.li/adverb
currently is spelled C-U-R-R-E-N-T-L-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is curently: about 240 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 86 of all searches for the word. Currently is an adverb meaning “At this moment, at present, now”.
How many letters and syllables are in currently?
| Letters | 9: C-U-R-R-E-N-T-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 120 times per million words; the 873rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 3; the most searched, curently, about 240 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 currently?
Currently is spelled C-U-R-R-E-N-T-L-Y. 3 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 58 of the searches for currently 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 currently?
Currently appears 120 times per million words in written English, the 873rd 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 currently?
- UK /ˈkʌɹ.ənt.li/
- US /ˈkʌɹ ənt.li/
- US /kɝ.ənt.li/
Currently has 3 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-currently.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of currently
- more currently comparative
- most currently superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does currently mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
At this moment, at present, now.
All the beds of the hotel are currently occupied, but we have a free room tomorrow.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Currently in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense at this moment:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | maintenant, actuellement, à l'heure actuelle |
| German | momentan, zur Zeit, zurzeit, aktuell, derzeit |
| Portuguese | atualmente |
| Spanish | actualmente, ahora, hoy |
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 currently come from?
From current + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).