incorrectly
/ˌɪnkəˈɹɛk(t).li/adverb
incorrectly is spelled I-N-C-O-R-R-E-C-T-L-Y: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 3.7 times per million words in written English, the 13,496th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, incorrectly means “In an incorrect manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in incorrectly?
| Letters | 11: I-N-C-O-R-R-E-C-T-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.7 times per million words; the 13,496th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is incorrectly?
Incorrectly appears 3.7 times per million words in written English, the 13,496th 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 incorrectly?
- /ˌɪnkəˈɹɛk(t).li/
Incorrectly has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-incorrectly.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of incorrectly
- more incorrectly comparative
- most incorrectly superlative
- incorr.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does incorrectly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In an incorrect manner.
I lost a few marks in the test for spelling words incorrectly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate incorrectly?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of incorrectly: incorr..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Incorrectly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in an incorrect manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | incorrectement |
| German | unrichtig, falsch |
| Portuguese | incorretamente |
| Spanish | incorrectamente |
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 incorrectly come from?
From incorrect + -ly or in- + correctly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).