prominently
prom·i·nent·ly/ˈpɹɑmɪnəntli/adverb
prominently is spelled P-R-O-M-I-N-E-N-T-L-Y, 4 syllables: prom·i·nent·ly. The wrong spelling people search most is prominantly: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026). Prominently is an adverb meaning “In a prominent manner”.
How many letters and syllables are in prominently?
| Letters | 11: P-R-O-M-I-N-E-N-T-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: prom·i·nent·ly |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, prominantly, about 10 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 prominently?
Prominently is spelled P-R-O-M-I-N-E-N-T-L-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure.
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 prominently?
Prominently appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th 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 prominently?
- US /ˈpɹɑmɪnəntli/
- UK /ˈpɹɒmɪnəntli/
Prominently has 4 syllables, split prom·i·nent·ly in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-prominently.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of prominently
- more prominently comparative
- most prominently superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does prominently mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a prominent manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Prominently in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a prominent manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | prominentemente |
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 prominently come from?
From prominent + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).