# duly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈdʒuːli/ · frequency rank #16,220

## Definitions
1. In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; suitably; properly.
2. Regularly; at the proper time.

## Etymology
From Middle English duely, dewly, dulyche, dueliche, duweliche (“rightly, properly”), equivalent to due + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **dy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-dy)
- **duo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-duo)
- **dun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-dun)
- **dum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-dum)
- **dup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-dup)
- **dur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-dur)
- **duty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-duty)
- **dumb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-dumb)
- **dust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-dust)
- **dump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-dump)
- **Dunn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-dunn)
- **dunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-dunk)
- **dusk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-dusk)
- **dune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-dune)
- **dung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-dung)
- **duma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-duma)
- **dupe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-dupe)
- **dura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-dura)
- **dusty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-dusty)
- **dummy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-dummy)

## Common misspellings (6)
`dduly`, `dluy`, `dully`, `dulyy`, `duyl`, `udly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/duly