# historically

> English word · Adverb · IPA /hɪˈstɒɹɪkli/ · frequency rank #6,253

## Definitions
1. In a historic manner; with reference to history or the historical record.
2. According to history: formerly, in the past, traditionally.
3. To an unprecedented or extremely rare degree.

## Etymology
From historical + -ly or historic + -ally.

## Easily confused with
- **hysterically** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/historically-vs-hysterically)
- **historical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/historical-vs-historically)

## Common misspellings (17)
`hhistorically`, `hisotrically`, `hisstorically`, `histoircally`, `historcially`, `historiaclly`, `historicallyy`, `historicaly`, `historicalyl`, `historiccally`, `historiclaly`, `historrically`, `histroically`, `histtorically`, `hitsorically`, `hsitorically`, `ihstorically`

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