# monthly

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈmʌnθli/ · frequency rank #3,010

## Definitions
1. Occurring every month.

## Etymology
From month + -ly (adjectival suffix), perhaps via Middle English *monethly (attested only adverbially), from Old English mōnaþlīċ (“monthly”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþlīk, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþlīkaz (“monthly”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian moundelk (“monthly”), German monatlich (“monthly”), Danish månedlig (“monthly”), Swedish månatlig (“monthly”), Norwegian Bokmål månedlig (“monthly”), Icelandic mánaðarlegur (“monthly”).

## Easily confused with
- **Monty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monthly-vs-monty)
- **months** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monthly-vs-months)
- **mostly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monthly-vs-mostly)
- **month** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/month-vs-monthly)

## Common misspellings (12)
`mmonthly`, `mnothly`, `monhtly`, `monnthly`, `monthhly`, `monthlly`, `monthlyy`, `monthyl`, `montlhy`, `montthly`, `motnhly`, `omnthly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/monthly