alternativement

\al.tɛʁ.na.tiv.mɑ̃\

/\al.tɛʁ.na.tiv.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“alternativement” has 23 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,156. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,156
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
23
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tour à tour ; l’un après l’autre ; à tour de rôle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alternativement · alternativement · French

alternativement · rank #22,156 · 23 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,156
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 23 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alternant

Nearest frequency peer: alternant (-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 « alternativement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « alternativement » 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 alternativement
PropertyValue
Headwordalternativement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\al.tɛʁ.na.tiv.mɑ̃\
Letters15
Frequency rank#22,156
Misspellings tracked23
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « alternativement »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « alternant » (#22,155), « altérer » (#22,157), « ambiances » (#22,158). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alternativement » est au #22,156. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 23 spelling variants around alternativement (IPA \al.tɛʁ.na.tiv.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #22,156 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tour à tour ; l’un après l’autre ; à tour de rôle.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for alternativement, with forms such as "aletrnativement", "allternativement", and "altenrativement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is alternativement, spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-V-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tour à tour ; l’un après l’autre ; à tour de rôle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et tous les trois, ayant pris la tête de Iaokanann, s’en allèrent du côté de la Galilée. Comme elle était très lourde, ils la portaient alternativement.
  2. Helmy buvait ses paroles, contemplait ses yeux alternativement enflammés et tendres, et caressait lentement la main qu'elle lui abandonnait.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aletrnativement
  • allternativement
  • altenrativement
  • alterantivement
  • alternaitvement
  • alternatievment
  • alternativeemnt
  • alternativemennt
  • alternativementt
  • alternativemetn
  • alternativemment
  • alternativemnet
  • alternativmeent
  • alternativvement
  • alternattivement
  • alternatviement
  • alternnativement
  • alterntaivement
  • alterrnativement
  • altrenativement
  • altternativement
  • atlernativement
  • laternativement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alternativement - 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.

aletrnativement2allternativement1altenrativement2alterantivement2alternaitvement2alternatievment2alternativeemnt2alternativemennt1
Edit distance from "alternativement"

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 "alternativement"?
"alternativement" is spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-V-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \al.tɛʁ.na.tiv.mɑ̃\.
What does "alternativement" mean?
As an adverb, "alternativement" means: Tour à tour ; l’un après l’autre ; à tour de rôle.
What are common misspellings of "alternativement"?
Common misspellings include "aletrnativement", "allternativement", "altenrativement", "alterantivement", "alternaitvement". The correct spelling is "alternativement".
How do you pronounce "alternativement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alternativement" is \al.tɛʁ.na.tiv.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alternativement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (23 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list