fiercely
fierce·ly/ˈfɪɹsli/adverb
fiercely is spelled F-I-E-R-C-E-L-Y, 2 syllables: fierce·ly. The wrong spelling people search most is fiercly: about 60 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 2 in 10 of all searches for the word. Fiercely is an adverb meaning “In a fierce manner”.
How many letters and syllables are in fiercely?
| Letters | 8: F-I-E-R-C-E-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: fierce·ly |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,297th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, fiercly, about 60 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 fiercely?
Fiercely is spelled F-I-E-R-C-E-L-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for fiercely 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 fiercely?
Fiercely appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th 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 fiercely?
- US /ˈfɪɹsli/
- UK /ˈfɪəsli/
- British /ˈfɪːslɪj/
Fiercely has 2 syllables, split fierce·ly in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-fiercely.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fiercely
- fiercelier comparative
- more fiercely comparative
- fierceliest superlative
- most fiercely superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fiercely mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a fierce manner.
The wind blew fiercely and the rain fell heavily.
- 2
Extremely; to a large degree.
fiercely competitive
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fiercely in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a fierce manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | âprement, farouchement |
| German | heftig, wütend |
| Portuguese | ferozmente |
| Spanish | fieramente |
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 fiercely come from?
From Middle English fersly; equivalent to fierce + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).