affreusement

\a.fʁøz.mɑ̃\

/\a.fʁøz.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“affreusement” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,807. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,807
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-affreusement · affreusement · French

affreusement · rank #31,807 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,807
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH addictif

Nearest frequency peer: addictif (-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 « affreusement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « affreusement » 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
Key facts for affreusement
PropertyValue
Headwordaffreusement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\a.fʁøz.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#31,807
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « affreusement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.affreusementse 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 « addictif » (#31,806), « agrandie » (#31,808), « accusées » (#31,805). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « affreusement » est au #31,807. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around affreusement (IPA \a.fʁøz.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #31,807 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "D’une manière affreuse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for affreusement, with forms such as "afferusement", "affresuement", and "affreuesment". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is affreusement, spelled A-F-F-R-E-U-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière affreuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je suis sûre que vous skiez affreusement mal.
  2. Le tonitrument des shrapnells, fracassant et éblouissant l’air çà et là, me montrait affreusement combien nous étions tous fragiles et saignants.

Synonyms

effroyablementépouvantablement

This word in other languages

hideously(English)furchtbar(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afferusement
  • affresuement
  • affreuesment
  • affreuseemnt
  • affreusemennt
  • affreusementt
  • affreusemetn
  • affreusemment
  • affreusemnet
  • affreusmeent
  • affreussement
  • affrreusement
  • affruesement
  • afreusement
  • afrfeusement
  • fafreusement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

afferusement2affresuement2affreuesment2affreuseemnt2affreusemennt1affreusementt1affreusemetn2affreusemment1
Edit distance from "affreusement"

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 "affreusement"?
"affreusement" is spelled A-F-F-R-E-U-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.fʁøz.mɑ̃\.
What does "affreusement" mean?
As an adverb, "affreusement" means: D’une manière affreuse.
What are common misspellings of "affreusement"?
Common misspellings include "afferusement", "affresuement", "affreuesment", "affreuseemnt", "affreusemennt". The correct spelling is "affreusement".
How do you pronounce "affreusement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "affreusement" is \a.fʁøz.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "affreusement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

appareillage#31,821stupéfaction#31,752canonisation#31,870clairvoyance#31,885

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

xénophobes16 variantsspontanées16 variantscataclysme16 variantssatisfaites16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list