Fortunatly or fortunately?
Did you mean fortunately? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
Incorrect
fortunatly
Correct
fortunately
Correct spelling: fortunately. Misspelling: fortunatly.
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 “fortunatly”
The misspelling “fortunatly” 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 fortunately automatic.
Other misspellings of “fortunately”
People also write “fortunatelly”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“fortunatelly”
Correct spelling: fortunately. Misspelling: fortunatelly.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “fortunatelly” is only one letter off: it doubles the L, which fortunately spells with just one.
What does “fortunately” mean?
fortunately adverb
- 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?
17 points in Scrabble · 19 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“fortunatly” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from FORTUNATELY.