traditionally
/tɹəˈdɪʃ.ə.nə.li/adverb
traditionally is spelled T-R-A-D-I-T-I-O-N-A-L-L-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is tradionally: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 22 of all searches for the word. Traditionally is an adverb meaning “In a traditional manner”.
How many letters and syllables are in traditionally?
| Letters | 13: T-R-A-D-I-T-I-O-N-A-L-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,456th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, tradionally, about 10 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 traditionally?
Traditionally is spelled T-R-A-D-I-T-I-O-N-A-L-L-Y. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 12 of the searches for traditionally 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 traditionally?
Traditionally appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th 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 traditionally?
- /tɹəˈdɪʃ.ə.nə.li/
- /tɹəˈdɪʃ.nə.li/
- /tɹəˈdɪʃ.ən.li/
Traditionally has 5 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-traditionally.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of traditionally
- more traditionally comparative
- most traditionally superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does traditionally mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a traditional manner.
- 2
From the beginning.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Traditionally in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense traditional manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | traditionnellement |
| Portuguese | tradicionalmente |
| Spanish | tradicionalmente |
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 traditionally come from?
From traditional + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).