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Completley or completely?

Did you mean completely? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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completley

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completely

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Correct spelling: completely. Misspelling: completley.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

Memory tip

Complete + ly: keep the E.

Why people write “completley”

The misspelling “completley” is only one letter off: it swaps the order of E and L.

Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make completely automatic.

What does “completely” mean?

completely adverb

  1. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')

    “he was wholly convinced”

    Synonyms:whollyentirelytotallyallaltogether

  2. so as to be complete; with everything necessary

    “he had filled out the form completely”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Completely” in a sentence

  • I completely forgot.
  • He was wholly convinced.
  • He had filled out the form completely.

Is “completely” a playable word?

c 3o 1m 3p 3l 1e 1t 1e 1l 1y 4

19 points in Scrabble · 23 in Words With Friends

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“completley” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from COMPLETELY.

Completely: quick answers

Is it completley or completely?
The correct spelling is completely. “completley” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists.
How can I remember how to spell completely?
Complete + ly: keep the E.
What does completely mean?
Completely means: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly').