"Currently" or "currently"

Use "currently" correctly

Use the separate spelling "currently" when you are talking about a specific time. That is, if you are reporting on a historical topic, for example, you would use the words separately. Here are some example sentences that contain "currently":

• At the time of the Romans there was no unified country Germany.
• The residents were not in the house at the time of the fire.
• The battle occurred at the time of World War I.

You can "currently" with e.g. Z abbreviate.

use "currently" correctly

The situation is different with the spelling "currently", in which the two words are combined. The word is a adverb, which describes a current point in time. So you use it when you are talking about something that is happening right now/this moment. Here are a few example sentences that use "currently":

• I am currently not interested in club membership.
• She is currently ill and therefore cannot work.
• The store is currently closed.

You can use "currently" with zz. or currently abbreviate.

Synonyms for "currently"

"She is currently ill, but at the time of the Christmas party she was still healthy."

Using both spellings in a sentence can be confusing and ugly to read. Here are some synonyms for the word "currently" in case you want to replace it with something else:

• current
• instantly
• currently
• until now
• currently
• now
• at the moment
• grade (colloquial)

The difference between "currently" and "currently"

So both spellings are correct, neither of them is wrong - at most you can misapply them contextually. But the difference between the two spellings is easy to remember. You use "currently" when speaking of a specific time, recognizing that you could also write "at the time". You use "currently", the adverb that is made up of both words, when you are talking about a current situation. You can't separate the word.