# thankfully

> English word · Adverb · frequency rank #9,676

## Definitions
1. In a thankful manner; giving thanks.
2. fortunately, gratefully.

## Etymology
From Middle English thankfully, thankefully, þonkfulliche, from Old English þancfullīċe, equivalent to thankful + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **thankful** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thankful-vs-thankfully)

## Common misspellings (15)
`htankfully`, `tahnkfully`, `thaknfully`, `thanfkully`, `thankffully`, `thankfluly`, `thankfullyy`, `thankfuly`, `thankfulyl`, `thankkfully`, `thankuflly`, `thannkfully`, `thhankfully`, `thnakfully`, `tthankfully`

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