Incidently or incidentally?
Did you mean incidentally? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
Incorrect
incidently
Correct
incidentally
Correct spelling: incidentally. Misspelling: incidently.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Incidental + ly: incident-AL-LY.
Why people write “incidently”
“incidently” differs from “incidentally” in 2 places: it leaves out the A; and it uses a single L where incidentally has a double LL.
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 incidentally automatic.
What does “incidentally” mean?
incidentally adverb
- introducing a different topic
“incidentally, I won't go to the party”
Synonyms:apropos
- of a minor or subordinate nature
“these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models”
Synonyms:accidentally
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Incidentally” in a sentence
- Incidentally, I saw your brother yesterday.
- Incidentally, I won't go to the party.
- These magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models.
Is “incidentally” a playable word?
18 points in Scrabble · 22 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“incidently” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from INCIDENTALLY.