luckily
/ˈlʌk.ɪ.li/
"luckily" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“luckily” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,061 in English word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #8,061
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | luckily |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈlʌk.ɪ.li/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “luckily” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for luckily is 7 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈlʌk.ɪ.li/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,061 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for luckily, with forms such as "lcukily", "lluckily", and "lucckily". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "lucky", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lucky + -ly. The correct English form is luckily, spelled L-U-C-K-I-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately.
Etymology
From lucky + -ly.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lcukily,lluckily,lucckily,lucikly,luckilly,luckilyy,luckiyl,luckkily,luckliy,lukcily,ulckily
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of luckily - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “luckily”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-U-C-K-I-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈlʌk.ɪ.li/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lucky” - see the side-by-side comparison. luckily vs lucky
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.