magnetically
adverb
magnetically is spelled M-A-G-N-E-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y: 12 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, magnetically means “Using magnetism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in magnetically?
| Letters | 12: M-A-G-N-E-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,775th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 magnetically?
Magnetically appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th 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 magnetically?
Magnetically 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-magnetically.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does magnetically mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
Using magnetism.
- 2
As if by a magnet.
My eyes were magnetically drawn to the scene.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does magnetically come from?
From magnetic + -ally.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).