abominablement
\a.bɔ.mi.na.blə.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“abominablement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière abominable, atroce, inhumaine, terrible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-abominablement · abominablement · French
abominablement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abominablement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a.bɔ.mi.na.blə.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
abominablement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a.bɔ.mi.na.blə.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
abominablement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is abominablement, spelled A-B-O-M-I-N-A-B-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière abominable, atroce, inhumaine, terrible.
- 2Il se dit aussi par exagération.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abominablement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je n’en ai pas voulu parce qu’outre qu’il louchait abominablement ; il aurait fallu me séparer de ma fille, et, de fait, je ne m’en souciais pas.
Pibrac y avait déjeuné aussi, quoi qu'il se fût abominablement grisé au Grand-Quinze, mais il ne paraissait pas encore très bien remis des excès de ce souper […].
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.