severely
adverb
severely is spelled S-E-V-E-R-E-L-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is severley: about 30 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026). Severely is an adverb meaning “In a severe manner; with severity”.
How many letters and syllables are in severely?
| Letters | 8: S-E-V-E-R-E-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 6,047th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, severley, 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 severely?
Severely is spelled S-E-V-E-R-E-L-Y. 2 wrong spellings are 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 severely?
Severely appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th 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 severely?
- US
Severely has 3 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-severely.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of severely
- more severely comparative
- most severely superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does severely mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a severe manner; with severity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Severely in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a severe manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sévèrement |
| German | streng |
| Portuguese | severamente |
| Spanish | severamente |
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 severely come from?
From severe + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).