weirdly
/ˈwɪə(ɹ)dli/adverb
weirdly is spelled W-E-I-R-D-L-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is wierdly: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 2 in 10 of all searches for the word. Weirdly is an adverb meaning “In a weird manner”.
How many letters and syllables are in weirdly?
| Letters | 7: W-E-I-R-D-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 26,776th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, wierdly, about 20 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 weirdly?
Weirdly is spelled W-E-I-R-D-L-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for weirdly 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 weirdly?
Weirdly 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 weirdly?
- /ˈwɪə(ɹ)dli/
Weirdly has 2 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)-Vealhurl-weirdly.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of weirdly
- more weirdly comparative
- most weirdly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does weirdly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a weird manner.
The teacher suspected he was on drugs because he was behaving weirdly.
- 2
Contrary to expectations.
Weirdly, Alice showed up 10 minutes early. She was usually late for everything.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does weirdly come from?
From weird + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).