exclusively
ex·clu·sive·ly/ɪkˈskluːsɪvli/adverb
exclusively is spelled E-X-C-L-U-S-I-V-E-L-Y, 4 syllables: ex·clu·sive·ly. The wrong spelling people search most is exculsivly: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 58 of all searches for the word. Exclusively is an adverb meaning “to the exclusion of anything or anyone else; solely or entirely”.
How many letters and syllables are in exclusively?
| Letters | 11: E-X-C-L-U-S-I-V-E-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: ex·clu·sive·ly |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,752nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, exculsivly, about 10 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 exclusively?
Exclusively is spelled E-X-C-L-U-S-I-V-E-L-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 58 of the searches for exclusively 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 exclusively?
Exclusively appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,752nd 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 exclusively?
- /ɪkˈskluːsɪvli/
Exclusively has 4 syllables, split ex·clu·sive·ly in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-exclusively.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of exclusively
- more exclusively comparative
- most exclusively superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does exclusively mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
to the exclusion of anything or anyone else; solely or entirely
These new shoes are made exclusively out of recycled cardboard.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Exclusively in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to the exclusion of anything or anyone else:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | exclusivement, uniquement |
| German | ausschließlich, exklusiv, allein, alleinig |
| Portuguese | exclusivamente |
| Spanish | exclusivamente |
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 exclusively come from?
From Middle English exclusyvely; equivalent to exclusive + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).