# occasionally

> English word · Adverb · IPA /əˈkeɪʒənəli/ · frequency rank #3,710

## Definitions
1. On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes.
2. On an occasion, accidentally, by chance.
3. On the occasion of something else happening; incidentally, by the way.

## Etymology
From Middle English occasionally, occasionaly, occasyoneely, occasyonly, equivalent to occasional + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **occasional** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/occasional-vs-occasionally)

## Common misspellings (14)
`cocasionally`, `ocacsionally`, `ocasionally`, `occaisonally`, `occasinoally`, `occasioanlly`, `occasionallyy`, `occasionaly`, `occasionalyl`, `occasionlaly`, `occasionnally`, `occasoinally`, `occassionally`, `occsaionally`

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