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interestingly

adverb

interestingly is spelled I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-I-N-G-L-Y: 13 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, interestingly means “In an interesting way” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in interestingly?

Letters13: I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-I-N-G-L-Y
Syllables5 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing4.0 times per million words; the 12,940th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 interestingly?

Interestingly appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th 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 interestingly?

    Interestingly has 5 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).

    Forms of interestingly

    • more interestingly comparative
    • most interestingly superlative

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does interestingly mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    adverb

    1. 1

      In an interesting way.

    2. 2

      It is interesting to note that…

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Interestingly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

    LanguageWords
    Frenchde façon intéressante ((manner adverb) in an interesting way), il est intéressant de noter/constater que… ((sentence adverb) it is interesting to note…)
    Portugueseinteressantemente ((manner adverb) in an interesting way)
    Spanishinteresantemente ((manner adverb) in an interesting way)

    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 interestingly come from?

    From interesting + -ly.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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