infinitely
in·fi·nite·ly/ˈɪnfɪnɪtli/adverb
infinitely is spelled I-N-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y, 4 syllables: in·fi·nite·ly. The wrong spelling people search most is infinitly: about 50 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Infinitely is an adverb meaning “In an infinite manner; as of anything growing without bounds; endlessly”.
How many letters and syllables are in infinitely?
| Letters | 10: I-N-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: in·fi·nite·ly |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,731st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, infinitly, about 50 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 infinitely?
Infinitely is spelled I-N-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for infinitely 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 infinitely?
Infinitely appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,731st 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 infinitely?
- /ˈɪnfɪnɪtli/
Infinitely has 4 syllables, split in·fi·nite·ly in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-infinitely.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of infinitely
- more infinitely comparative
- most infinitely superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does infinitely mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In an infinite manner; as of anything growing without bounds; endlessly.
- 2
To a surpassingly large extent.
He is infinitely more capable than John.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Infinitely in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense endlessly:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | à l'infini, infiniment |
| Portuguese | infinitamente |
| Spanish | infinitamente |
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 infinitely come from?
From infinite + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).