permanently
per·ma·nent·ly/ˈpɝ.mə.nənt.li/adverb
permanently is spelled P-E-R-M-A-N-E-N-T-L-Y, 4 syllables: per·ma·nent·ly. The wrong spelling people search most is permenantly: about 130 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 25 of all searches for the word. Permanently is an adverb meaning “In a permanent manner; lastingly”.
How many letters and syllables are in permanently?
| Letters | 11: P-E-R-M-A-N-E-N-T-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: per·ma·nent·ly |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,230th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, permenantly, about 130 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 permanently?
Permanently is spelled P-E-R-M-A-N-E-N-T-L-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 25 of the searches for permanently 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 permanently?
Permanently appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,230th 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 permanently?
- UK /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt.li/
- US /ˈpɝ.mə.nənt.li/
- /ˈpɜː.(ɹ.)mənt.li/
Permanently has 4 syllables, split per·ma·nent·ly in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-permanently.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of permanently
- more permanently comparative
- most permanently superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does permanently mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a permanent manner; lastingly.
ADAS are aimed to assist the drivers, who always remain responsible for vehicle control and shall permanently monitor the environment and vehicle/system performance Informal document GRVA-18-07/Rev.2, Proposal for amendments to ECE/TRANS/WP
- 2
Forever.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Permanently in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a permanent manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | en permanence, toujours, continuellement |
| German | permanent, ständig |
| Portuguese | permanentemente |
| Spanish | permanentemente, constantemente, continuamente |
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 permanently come from?
From Middle English permanently; equivalent to permanent + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).