# fatally

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈfeɪtəli/ · frequency rank #18,822

## Definitions
1. In a deadly manner; lethally.
2. Ultimately, with finality or irrevocability, moving towards the demise of something.
3. Fatedly; according to the dictates of fate or doom.

## Etymology
From fatal + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **finally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fatally-vs-finally)
- **fatal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fatal-vs-fatally)
- **fatality** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fatality-vs-fatally)
- **factually** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/factually-vs-fatally)

## Common misspellings (9)
`aftally`, `faatlly`, `fatallyy`, `fataly`, `fatalyl`, `fatlaly`, `fattally`, `ffatally`, `ftaally`

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