Lately vs Recently

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Lately

Top 2000 (courant) B2 adverb

Recently

Top 1000 (très courant) A2 adverb

Le plus courant: Recently

	Lately	Recently
Prononciation	🇬🇧 /["/ˈleɪtli/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/ˈleɪtli/"]/	🇬🇧 /["/ˈriːsntli/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/ˈriːsntli/"]/
Sens	Recently or in the recent past.	Pas il y a longtemps ; dans un passé récent. Not long ago; in the near past.
Exemple	Have you seen her lately?	I recently discovered a new restaurant in my neighborhood.
Registre	Neutre	Neutre
Fréquence	Top 2000 (courant)	Top 1000 (très courant)
Niveau CEFR	B2	A2
Nature grammaticale	adverb	adverb
Collocations	have been feeling lately, seen changes lately, worked hard lately	recently discovered, recently created, recently published, recently updated
Antonymes	formerly, previously, earlier, in the past	previously, formerly
Erreurs fréquentes	Using 'lately' with past simple tense instead of present perfect., Confusing 'lately' with 'recently' (though they are similar, they are used in different contexts)., Using 'lately' to refer to a specific date.	Using 'recent' instead of 'recently' to describe an action., Placing 'recently' at the beginning of a sentence without proper context., Omitting the past tense when using 'recently' with a verb.
Notes d'usage	Use 'lately' to refer to something that has happened recently. It is more common in spoken English than in formal writing. Avoid using 'lately' with specific dates or time frames.	Utilise 'récemment' pour parler d'événements ou de changements qui se sont produits ces derniers jours ou semaines. Ce n'est pas très formel, donc ça convient aux conversations de tous les jours, mais évite-le dans des écrits très formels. Use 'recently' to refer to events or changes that occurred in the past few days or weeks. It's not formal, so it's suitable for everyday conversations but avoid it in very formal writing.

Vois-le dans de vrais extraits

Agatha Christies Poirot › S1 E1

because he had recently been wearing a false beard.

Breaking Bad › S1 E4

I just recently cooked the best batch ever.

Agent Carter › S1 E1

was recently called to Capitol Hill.

Agatha Christies Poirot › S1 E1

because he had recently been wearing a false beard.

Breaking Bad › S1 E4

I just recently cooked the best batch ever.

Recently

Questions fréquentes : Lately vs Recently

Quelle est la différence entre Lately et Recently ?

Lately: Recently or in the recent past. Recently: Not long ago; in the near past.

Lequel est le plus courant : Lately et Recently ?

Recently est le plus courant dans l'anglais de tous les jours.

Lequel est le plus avancé : Lately et Recently ?

Lately est le niveau le plus élevé, à B2, sur l'échelle CEFR.

Lately et Recently sont-ils au même niveau CEFR ?

Lately: B2, Recently: A2 sur l'échelle CEFR.

Quelle est la nature grammaticale de Lately et Recently ?

Lately: adverb, Recently: adverb.

Peux-tu montrer un exemple de chacun ?

Lately: Have you seen her lately? Recently: I recently discovered a new restaurant in my neighborhood.

Puis-je utiliser Lately et Recently de façon interchangeable ?

Pas toujours. Lately et Recently sont proches et se recoupent parfois, mais elles diffèrent par le registre, la fréquence et l'usage, donc remplacer l'une par l'autre peut changer le sens ou le ton. Regarde les différences ci-dessus avant de substituer.