facultatively
adverb
facultatively is spelled F-A-C-U-L-T-A-T-I-V-E-L-Y: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, facultatively means “In a facultative manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in facultatively?
| Letters | 13: F-A-C-U-L-T-A-T-I-V-E-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is facultatively?
Facultatively appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd 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).
Forms of facultatively
- more facultatively comparative
- most facultatively superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does facultatively mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a facultative manner
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does facultatively come from?
From facultative + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).