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Immediatly or immediately?

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

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immediatly

Correct

immediately

Letter by letter
CorrectWrong

Correct spelling: immediately. Misspelling: immediatly.

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

Memory tip

Double M, and keep the E: immediate + ly.

Why people write “immediatly”

The misspelling “immediatly” 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 immediately automatic.

Other misspellings of “immediately”

People also write “imediately” and “immediatley”. Here is where each one goes wrong.

“imediately”

Letter by letter
CorrectWrong

Correct spelling: immediately. Misspelling: imediately.

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

The misspelling “imediately” is only one letter off: it uses a single M where immediately has a double MM.

“immediatley”

Letter by letter
CorrectWrong

Correct spelling: immediately. Misspelling: immediatley.

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

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

What does “immediately” mean?

immediately adverb

  1. without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

    “he answered immediately”

    Synonyms:instantlystraightawaydirectlynow

  2. near or close by

    “he passed immediately behind her”

  3. bearing an immediate relation

    “this immediately concerns your future”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Immediately” in a sentence

  • Call me immediately.
  • He answered immediately.
  • He passed immediately behind her.
  • This immediately concerns your future.

Is “immediately” a playable word?

i 1m 3m 3e 1d 2i 1a 1t 1e 1l 1y 4

19 points in Scrabble · 21 in Words With Friends

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

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

Immediately: quick answers

Is it immediatly or immediately?
The correct spelling is immediately. “immediatly” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists. “imediately” and “immediatley” are wrong too.
How can I remember how to spell immediately?
Double M, and keep the E: immediate + ly.
What does immediately mean?
Immediately means: without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening.