seriously
/ˈsɪɹ.i.əs.li/adverb
seriously is spelled S-E-R-I-O-U-S-L-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is seriosly: about 30 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 59 of all searches for the word. Seriously is an adverb meaning “In a serious or literal manner”.
How many letters and syllables are in seriously?
| Letters | 9: S-E-R-I-O-U-S-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 87 times per million words; the 1,223rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, seriosly, about 30 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 seriously?
Seriously is spelled S-E-R-I-O-U-S-L-Y. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 45 of the searches for seriously 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 seriously?
Seriously appears 87 times per million words in written English, the 1,223rd 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 seriously?
- UK /ˈsɪə.ɹi.əs.li/
- UK /ˈsɪə.ɹəs.li/
- US /ˈsɪɹ.i.əs.li/
Seriously has 4 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-seriously.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of seriously
- more seriously comparative
- most seriously superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does seriously mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a serious or literal manner.
He was hoping that we would take him seriously.
- 2
Gravely; deeply; very much.
That was a seriously unpleasant thing to say.
- 3
Used to attempt to introduce a serious point in a less serious conversation.
Now, seriously, why did you forget to feed the cat today?
- 4
Used to call back to a previous point, in disbelief or for emphasis.
You baked ten (10) cakes. Seriously, why did you do that?
- 5
informalIn an extreme or major way; majorly.
Unless you're seriously strapped (armed), you're about to be not okay too.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Seriously in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sérieusement, gravement , sérieux |
| German | ernst, ernsthaft, im Ernst |
| Portuguese | seriamente, a sério |
| Spanish | en serio, seriamente |
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.