surgically
adverb
surgically is spelled S-U-R-G-I-C-A-L-L-Y: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, surgically means “Relating to surgery; by means of surgery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in surgically?
| Letters | 10: S-U-R-G-I-C-A-L-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 26,776th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is surgically?
Surgically appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th 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 surgically?
- US
Surgically 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-surgically.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does surgically mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
Relating to surgery; by means of surgery.
His cancer was treated surgically instead of with drugs or radiation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Surgically in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense relating surgery:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chirurgicalement |
| German | chirurgisch |
| Portuguese | cirurgicamente |
| Spanish | quirúrgicamente |
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.