particularly
/pɚˈtɪkjəlɚli/adverb
particularly is spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-U-L-A-R-L-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is particularily: about 40 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 44 of all searches for the word. Particularly is an adverb meaning “Especially, extremely”.
How many letters and syllables are in particularly?
| Letters | 12: P-A-R-T-I-C-U-L-A-R-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 91 times per million words; the 1,167th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 5; the most searched, particularily, about 40 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); 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 particularly?
Particularly is spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-U-L-A-R-L-Y. 5 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 18 of the searches for particularly 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 particularly?
Particularly appears 91 times per million words in written English, the 1,167th 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 particularly?
- UK /pəˈtɪkjələli/
- /pəˈtɪkjəli/
- US /pɚˈtɪkjəlɚli/
Particularly 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: En-us-particularly.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with particularly
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does particularly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
Especially, extremely.
The apéritifs were particularly stimulating.
- 2
To a great extent.
- 3
Specifically, uniquely or individually.
- 4
In detail; with regard to particulars.
- 5
datedIn a particular manner; fussily.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Particularly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense especially:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | particulièrement |
| German | besonders |
| Spanish | particularmente |
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 particularly come from?
From particular + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).