officially
of·fi·cial·ly/əˈfɪʃ.(ə.)li/adverb
officially is spelled O-F-F-I-C-I-A-L-L-Y, 4 syllables: of·fi·cial·ly. The wrong spelling people search most is offically: about 210 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Officially is an adverb meaning “In an official manner; according to official rules or regulations”.
How many letters and syllables are in officially?
| Letters | 10: O-F-F-I-C-I-A-L-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: of·fi·cial·ly |
| In writing | 34 times per million words; the 2,831st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 5; the most searched, offically, about 210 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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).
How do you spell officially?
Officially is spelled O-F-F-I-C-I-A-L-L-Y. 5 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for officially 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 officially?
Officially appears 34 times per million words in written English, the 2,831st 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 officially?
- /əˈfɪʃ.(ə.)li/
Officially has 4 syllables, split of·fi·cial·ly in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-officially.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of officially
- more officially comparative
- most officially superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does officially mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In an official manner; according to official rules or regulations.
- 2
slangThoroughly, completely.
That’s it! I’m officially outraged.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Officially in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in an official manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | officiellement |
| German | offiziell |
| Portuguese | oficialmente |
| Spanish | oficialmente |
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 officially come from?
From official + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).