adroitement
\a.dʁwat.mɑ̃\
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
- acura
acura
39,487 corpus weight
- adoucie
adoucie
39,486 corpus weight
- adroitement
adroitement
39,484 corpus weight
- AED
AED
39,483 corpus weight
- affinée
affinée
39,482 corpus weight
- affirmera
affirmera
39,481 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « adroitement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adroitement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a.dʁwat.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #60,517 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « adroitement » en français
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
- 1D’une manière adroite ; avec adresse, dextérité ou souplesse de corps ou d’esprit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how adroitement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.
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