approximativement
\a.pʁɔk.si.ma.tiv.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“approximativement” has 24 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,903. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,903
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 24
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière approximative.
Corpus desk
Index FR-approximativement · approximativement · French
approximativement · rank #12,903 · 24 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,903
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 24 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH ampoule
Nearest frequency peer: ampoule (-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 « approximativement »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- amen
amen
87,101 corpus weight
- amplement
amplement
87,100 corpus weight
- ampoule
ampoule
87,099 corpus weight
- approximati…
approximativement
87,098 corpus weight
- apprécient
apprécient
87,097 corpus weight
- araignées
araignées
87,096 corpus weight
What this shows « approximativement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | approximativement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a.pʁɔk.si.ma.tiv.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #12,903 |
| Misspellings tracked | 24 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « approximativement »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 24 spelling variants around approximativement (IPA \a.pʁɔk.si.ma.tiv.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #12,903 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "D’une manière approximative.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for approximativement, with forms such as "apporximativement", "approixmativement", and "approxiamtivement". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is approximativement, spelled A-P-P-R-O-X-I-M-A-T-I-V-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière approximative.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how approximativement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le Groenland, […], est, après l’Australie, la plus grande île du monde ; son étendue correspond approximativement au quart de celle de l’Europe.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apporximativement
- approixmativement
- approxiamtivement
- approximaitvement
- approximatievment
- approximativeemnt
- approximativemennt
- approximativementt
- approximativemetn
- approximativemment
- approximativemnet
- approximativmeent
- approximativvement
- approximattivement
- approximatviement
- approximmativement
- approximtaivement
- approxmiativement
- approxximativement
- apprroximativement
- apprxoimativement
- aproximativement
- aprpoximativement
- paproximativement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of approximativement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 17 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (24 here; floor ≥5).