ironically
/aɪˈɹɑnɪkli/adverb
ironically is spelled I-R-O-N-I-C-A-L-L-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is ironicly: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 30 of all searches for the word. Ironically is an adverb meaning “In an ironic manner; in a way displaying irony”.
How many letters and syllables are in ironically?
| Letters | 10: I-R-O-N-I-C-A-L-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.5 times per million words; the 10,519th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, ironicly, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell ironically?
Ironically is spelled I-R-O-N-I-C-A-L-L-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 31 of the searches for ironically 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 ironically?
Ironically appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th 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 ironically?
- UK /aɪˈɹɒnɪkli/
- US /aɪˈɹɑnɪkli/
Ironically 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: En-us-ironically.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ironically?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ironically from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnɪkli/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of ironically
- more ironically comparative
- most ironically superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ironically mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In an ironic manner; in a way displaying irony.
My colleague ironically avoids doctors like the plague!
- 2
Used to draw attention to an ironic aspect of a situation being described.
Ironically, the automated checkout system ended up costing more in repairs than the workers it was meant to replace.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ironically in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense In an ironic manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ironiquement |
| German | ironisch |
| Portuguese | ironicamente |
| Spanish | irónicamente |
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 ironically come from?
From ironic + -ally.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).