abusivement
\a.by.ziv.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“abusivement” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #36,226 in French word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #36,226
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - D'une manière abusive.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abusivement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a.by.ziv.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #36,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abusivement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for abusivement is 11 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.by.ziv.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #36,226 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "D'une manière abusive.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for abusivement, with forms such as "abbusivement", "absuivement", and "abuisvement". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is abusivement, spelled A-B-U-S-I-V-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D'une manière abusive.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abbusivement,absuivement,abuisvement,abusievment,abusiveemnt,abusivemennt,abusivementt,abusivemetn,abusivemment,abusivemnet,abusivmeent,abusivvement,abussivement,abusviement,aubsivement,bausivement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abusivement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “abusivement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-B-U-S-I-V-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.by.ziv.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.