# yearly

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈjɪɹli/ · frequency rank #8,630

## Definitions
1. Happening once every year.
2. Over the course of one year

## Etymology
From Middle English yeerly, yerely, from Old English ġēarlīċ, ġērlīċ (“yearly, of the year, annual”), equivalent to year + -ly (adjectival suffix) or -ly (adverbial suffix). Cognate with Scots yerelie (“yearly”), Saterland Frisian jierelk (“yearly”), West Frisian jierliks (“yearly”), Dutch jaarlijks (“yearly”), Afrikaans jaarliks (“yearly”), German jährlich (“yearly”), Danish årlig (“yearly”), Norwegian Bokmål årlig (“yearly”), Norwegian Nynorsk årleg (“yearly”), Swedish årlig (“yearly”), Icelandic árlegur (“yearly”).

## Easily confused with
- **years** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yearly-vs-years)
- **yearn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yearly-vs-yearn)
- **year** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/year-vs-yearly)

## Common misspellings (9)
`eyarly`, `yaerly`, `yealry`, `yearlly`, `yearlyy`, `yearrly`, `yearyl`, `yeraly`, `yyearly`

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