adroitement

\a.dʁwat.mɑ̃\

/\a.dʁwat.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“adroitement” is uncommon French (frequency #60,517 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,517
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière adroite ; avec adresse, dextérité ou souplesse de corps ou d’esprit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-adroitement · adroitement · French

adroitement · rank #60,517 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,517
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH AED

Nearest frequency peer: AED (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « adroitement »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « adroitement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for adroitement
PropertyValue
Headwordadroitement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\a.dʁwat.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#60,517
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « adroitement » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).adroitementtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « AED » (#60,518), « adoucie » (#60,515), « affinée » (#60,519). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « adroitement » est au #60,517. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

adroitement is uncommon French at frequency #60,517 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a.dʁwat.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "D’une manière adroite ; avec adresse, dextérité ou souplesse de corps ou d’esprit.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for adroitement, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 adroitement, spelled A-D-R-O-I-T-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière adroite ; avec adresse, dextérité ou souplesse de corps ou d’esprit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’abbé de Sponde, questionné fort adroitement quand il sortit de Saint-Léonard pour aller se promener au Cours avec l’abbé Couturier, répondit bonifacement qu’il attendait le vicomte de Troisville, gentilhomme au service de Russie pendant l’émigration, et qui revenait habiter Alençon.
  2. Souvent aussi, l’infatigable Mrs. Paulina Barnett les accompagnait, ayant à la main un fusil qu’elle maniait adroitement, […].

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); 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 "adroitement"?
"adroitement" is spelled A-D-R-O-I-T-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.dʁwat.mɑ̃\.
What does "adroitement" mean?
As an adverb, "adroitement" means: D’une manière adroite ; avec adresse, dextérité ou souplesse de corps ou d’esprit.
How do you pronounce "adroitement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adroitement" is \a.dʁwat.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adroitement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list