intuitively
adverb
intuitively is spelled I-N-T-U-I-T-I-V-E-L-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is intutively: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 30 of all searches for the word. Intuitively is an adverb meaning “By intuition; with skill or accuracy, but without special training or planning; instinctively”.
How many letters and syllables are in intuitively?
| Letters | 11: I-N-T-U-I-T-I-V-E-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, intutively, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); 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 intuitively?
Intuitively is spelled I-N-T-U-I-T-I-V-E-L-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 30 of the searches for intuitively 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 intuitively?
Intuitively appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd 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 intuitively?
- US
Intuitively 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). Recordings: En-us-intuitively.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of intuitively
- more intuitively comparative
- most intuitively superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does intuitively mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
By intuition; with skill or accuracy, but without special training or planning; instinctively.
Though he had never been to art school, he intuitively painted vivid landscapes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Intuitively in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense by intuition:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | intuitivamente |
| Spanish | intuitivamente |
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 intuitively come from?
From intuitive + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).