perfectly
/ˈpɝ.fɪk(t).li/adverb
perfectly is spelled P-E-R-F-E-C-T-L-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is prefectly: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 52 of all searches for the word. Perfectly is an adverb meaning “With perfection”.
How many letters and syllables are in perfectly?
| Letters | 9: P-E-R-F-E-C-T-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 41 times per million words; the 2,438th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, prefectly, about 10 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 perfectly?
Perfectly is spelled P-E-R-F-E-C-T-L-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 52 of the searches for perfectly 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 perfectly?
Perfectly appears 41 times per million words in written English, the 2,438th 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 perfectly?
- UK /ˈpɜː.fɪk(t).li/
- US /ˈpɝ.fɪk(t).li/
- /ˈpɑɹ.fɪk(t).lɪ/
Perfectly has 3 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-perfectly.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of perfectly
- more perfectly comparative
- most perfectly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does perfectly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
With perfection.
They completed the first series perfectly.
- 2
Wholly, completely, totally.
Their performance was perfectly fine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Perfectly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | parfaitement |
| German | perfekt, einwandfrei , vollkommen, durchaus |
| Portuguese | perfeitamente |
| Spanish | perfectamente |
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 perfectly come from?
From perfect + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).