eventually
/ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃuː.ə.li/adverb
eventually is spelled E-V-E-N-T-U-A-L-L-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is eventualy: about 40 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 42 of all searches for the word. Eventually is an adverb meaning “In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or…”.
How many letters and syllables are in eventually?
| Letters | 10: E-V-E-N-T-U-A-L-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 76 times per million words; the 1,394th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 3; the most searched, eventualy, about 40 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 eventually?
Eventually is spelled E-V-E-N-T-U-A-L-L-Y. 3 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 28 of the searches for eventually 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 eventually?
Eventually appears 76 times per million words in written English, the 1,394th 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 eventually?
- UK /ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃuː.ə.li/
- UK /ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃʊ.li/
- UK /ɪˈvɛn.tjʊ.li/
Eventually has 5 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-eventually.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does eventually mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.
Everyone's true colors will be revealed eventually.
- 2
For some tail; for all terms beyond some term; with only finitely many exceptions.
Eventually, all prime numbers are odd.
- 3
proscribedPossibly, potentially, perhaps.
I will come eventually, but haven't decided yet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Eventually in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in the end:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | finalement, à terme, à la fin, finir par |
| German | schließlich, letztendlich |
| Portuguese | finalmente, enfim, no final das contas |
| Spanish | al final, finalmente, con el tiempo, a la larga |
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 eventually come from?
From eventual + -ly. The third sense is influenced by any of several European languages, including Czech eventuálně, French éventuellement, Swedish eventuellt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).