Completly or completely?
Did you mean completely? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
Incorrect
completly
Correct
completely
Correct spelling: completely. Misspelling: completly.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Complete + ly: keep the E.
Why people write “completly”
The misspelling “completly” is only one letter off: it leaves out the E.
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.
Other misspellings of “completely”
People also write “completley”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“completley”
Correct spelling: completely. Misspelling: completley.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “completley” is only one letter off: it swaps the order of E and L.
What does “completely” mean?
completely adverb
- to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
“he was wholly convinced”
Synonyms:whollyentirelytotallyallaltogether
- 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?
19 points in Scrabble · 23 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“completly” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from COMPLETELY.