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Fortunatelly or fortunately?

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

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fortunatelly

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fortunately

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Correct spelling: fortunately. Misspelling: fortunatelly.

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

Memory tip

Fortunate + ly: keep the E of fortunate.

Why people write “fortunatelly”

The misspelling “fortunatelly” is only one letter off: it doubles the L, which fortunately spells with just one.

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 fortunately automatic.

What does “fortunately” mean?

fortunately adverb

  1. by good fortune

    “fortunately the weather was good”

    Synonyms:fortuitouslyluckily

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Fortunately” in a sentence

  • Fortunately, no one was hurt.
  • Fortunately the weather was good.

Is “fortunately” a playable word?

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17 points in Scrabble · 19 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

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

Fortunately: quick answers

Is it fortunatelly or fortunately?
The correct spelling is fortunately. “fortunatelly” 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 fortunately?
Fortunate + ly: keep the E of fortunate.
What does fortunately mean?
Fortunately means: by good fortune.