# professionally

> English word · Adverb · frequency rank #10,261

## Definitions
1. As a professional; for one's paid career.
2. In a professional manner.

## Etymology
From professional + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **professionals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/professionally-vs-professionals)
- **professional** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/professional-vs-professionally)

## Common misspellings (18)
`porfessionally`, `pprofessionally`, `prfoessionally`, `proefssionally`, `profesionally`, `profesisonally`, `professinoally`, `professioanlly`, `professionallyy`, `professionaly`, `professionalyl`, `professionlaly`, `professionnally`, `professoinally`, `proffessionally`, `profsesionally`, `prrofessionally`, `rpofessionally`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/professionally