slightly
/'slaɪtli/
The verdict
“slightly” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ligeramente.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slightly |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /'slaɪtli/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “slightly” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for slightly is 8 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /'slaɪtli/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ligeramente.".
slightly has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is slightly, spelled S-L-I-G-H-T-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Ligeramente.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “slightly”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-L-I-G-H-T-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /'slaɪtli/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.