Realy or really?
Did you mean really? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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realy
Correct
really
Correct spelling: really. Misspelling: realy.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Real + ly: double L.
Why people write “realy”
The misspelling “realy” is only one letter off: it uses a single L where really 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 really automatic.
Other misspellings of “really”
People also write “relly”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“relly”
Correct spelling: really. Misspelling: relly.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “relly” is only one letter off: it leaves out the A.
What does “really” mean?
really adverb
- in accordance with truth or fact or reality
“she was now truly American”
- in actual fact
“to be nominally but not actually independent”
Synonyms:actually
- in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)
“in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire”
Synonyms:truly
- used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
“she was very gifted”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Really” in a sentence
- That's really kind of you.
- She was now truly American.
- To be nominally but not actually independent.
- In truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire.
Is “really” a playable word?
9 points in Scrabble · 10 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“realy” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from REALLY.