activement

\ak.tiv.mɑ̃\

/\ak.tiv.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“activement” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,920. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,920
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière active.

Corpus desk

Index FR-activement · activement · French

activement · rank #6,920 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,920
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accessibles

Nearest frequency peer: accessibles (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « activement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « activement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

activement vs activent
80% similar
activement vs achèvement
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for activement
PropertyValue
Headwordactivement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ak.tiv.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,920
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « activement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).activementse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « accessibles » (#6,919), « adaptée » (#6,921), « abattu » (#6,918). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « activement » est au #6,920. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around activement (IPA \ak.tiv.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #6,920 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for activement, with forms such as "acctivement", "acitvement", and "actievment". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "activent", "achèvement", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is activement, spelled A-C-T-I-V-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière active.
  2. 2
    À la voix active, c’est-à-dire d'un verbe qui a un complément direct.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how activement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Et qui m’empêcherait, je vous prie, Monsieur Peau-de-chat, de calligraphier, les doigts déjà m’en démangent ! une jolie relation de mon voyage, station par station, dans le goût de ces anciens itinéraires Japonais dont j’ai là des échantillons, de laisser ma mémoire activement et paresseusement débouliner le long d’un chemin peint en jaune à travers toute…
  2. Louis aimait la vie sociale et participait activement à la vie des sociétés locales.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acctivement
  • acitvement
  • actievment
  • activeemnt
  • activemennt
  • activementt
  • activemetn
  • activemment
  • activemnet
  • activmeent
  • activvement
  • acttivement
  • actviement
  • atcivement
  • cativement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of activement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acctivement1acitvement2actievment2activeemnt2activemennt1activementt1activemetn2activemment1
Edit distance from "activement"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "activement"?
"activement" is spelled A-C-T-I-V-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ak.tiv.mɑ̃\.
What does "activement" mean?
As an adverb, "activement" means: D’une manière active.
What words are commonly confused with "activement"?
"activement" is commonly confused with "activent", "achèvement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "activement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "activement" is \ak.tiv.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "activement" come from?
"activement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "activement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list