precisely
pre·cise·ly/pɹɪˈsaɪs.li/adverb
precisely is spelled P-R-E-C-I-S-E-L-Y, 3 syllables: pre·cise·ly. The wrong spelling people search most is precisly: about 50 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 28 of all searches for the word. Precisely is an adverb meaning “In a precise manner; exactly”.
How many letters and syllables are in precisely?
| Letters | 9: P-R-E-C-I-S-E-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: pre·cise·ly |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,121st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, precisly, about 50 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 precisely?
Precisely is spelled P-R-E-C-I-S-E-L-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 28 of the searches for precisely 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 precisely?
Precisely appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st 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 precisely?
- /pɹɪˈsaɪs.li/
Precisely has 3 syllables, split pre·cise·ly in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-precisely.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of precisely
- more precisely comparative
- most precisely superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does precisely mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a precise manner; exactly.
I always try to express myself precisely.
- 2
Used to provide emphasis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Precisely in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a precise manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | précisément |
| German | präzise |
| Portuguese | precisamente, justamente, exatamente |
| Spanish | precisamente, a rajatabla |
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 precisely come from?
From precise + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).