# unwittingly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ʌnˈwɪtɪŋli/ · frequency rank #26,649

## Definitions
1. In an unwitting manner; inadvertently, obliviously, unintentionally, unknowingly.

## Etymology
From Middle English on-wytyngly, un-wetandly, unweteynglye, unwetinglie, un-wetinglye, unwetyngly, unwitandly, unwitendely, unwitingly, unwittandly, unwityngli, unwityngly, unwytyngeleche, unwytyngli, equivalent to unwitting + -ly or un- + wittingly.

## Easily confused with
- **unwitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unwitting-vs-unwittingly)
- **unwillingly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unwillingly-vs-unwittingly)

## Common misspellings (16)
`nuwittingly`, `uniwttingly`, `unnwittingly`, `unwitingly`, `unwititngly`, `unwittignly`, `unwittinggly`, `unwittinglly`, `unwittinglyy`, `unwittingyl`, `unwittinlgy`, `unwittinngly`, `unwittnigly`, `unwtitingly`, `unwwittingly`, `uwnittingly`

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