# empirically

> English word · Adverb · frequency rank #33,635

## Definitions
1. Based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge.
2. Based on data and evidence gathered in the real world.

## Etymology
From empirical + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **empirical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/empirical-vs-empirically)

## Common misspellings (15)
`emiprically`, `emmpirically`, `empiircally`, `empircially`, `empiriaclly`, `empiricallyy`, `empiricaly`, `empiricalyl`, `empiriccally`, `empiriclaly`, `empirrically`, `emppirically`, `empriically`, `epmirically`, `mepirically`

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