entirely
en·tire·ly/ɪnˈtaɪɹli/adverb
entirely is spelled E-N-T-I-R-E-L-Y, 3 syllables: en·tire·ly. The wrong spelling people search most is entierly: about 30 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 30 of all searches for the word. Entirely is an adverb meaning “To the full or entire extent”.
How many letters and syllables are in entirely?
| Letters | 8: E-N-T-I-R-E-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: en·tire·ly |
| In writing | 52 times per million words; the 1,941st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, entierly, about 30 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 entirely?
Entirely is spelled E-N-T-I-R-E-L-Y. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 18 of the searches for entirely 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 entirely?
Entirely appears 52 times per million words in written English, the 1,941st 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 entirely?
- UK /ɪnˈtaɪəli/
- US /ɪnˈtaɪɹli/
Entirely has 3 syllables, split en·tire·ly in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-entirely.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does entirely mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
To the full or entire extent.
It is entirely up to you where we go, as I’ll be happy with anywhere.
- 2
To the exclusion of others; solely.
I'm entirely to blame.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Entirely in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to the full extent:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | entièrement |
| German | völlig, vollkommen |
| Spanish | enteramente, de todo punto, del todo, por entero |
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 entirely come from?
From Middle English entyerly, entierly, enterely, entyreliche, equivalent to entire + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).