independently
in·de·pend·ent·ly/ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəntli/adverb
independently is spelled I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T-L-Y, 5 syllables: in·de·pend·ent·ly. The wrong spelling people search most is independantly: about 170 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026). Independently is an adverb meaning “In an independent manner”.
How many letters and syllables are in independently?
| Letters | 13: I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: in·de·pend·ent·ly |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,456th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 4; the most searched, independantly, about 170 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 independently?
Independently is spelled I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T-L-Y. 4 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure.
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 independently?
Independently appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th 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 independently?
- /ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəntli/
Independently has 5 syllables, split in·de·pend·ent·ly in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-independently.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of independently
- more independently comparative
- most independently superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does independently mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In an independent manner.
Both teams worked out the answers independently.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Independently in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in an independent manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | indépendamment |
| German | unabhängig, selbstständig |
| Portuguese | independentemente |
| Spanish | independientemente |
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 independently come from?
From independent + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).