astucieusement
\as.ty.sjøz.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“astucieusement” is uncommon French (frequency #74,570 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,570
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avec astuce, finesse, ruse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-astucieusement · astucieusement · French
astucieusement · rank #74,570 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,570
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 424,905
- PHOTO-FINISH assoupie
Nearest frequency peer: assoupie (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “astucieusement”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- aspa
aspa
25,435 corpus weight
- assermentat…
assermentation
25,434 corpus weight
- asseyons
asseyons
25,433 corpus weight
- assoupie
assoupie
25,432 corpus weight
- astucieusem…
astucieusement
25,431 corpus weight
- athérosclér…
athérosclérose
25,430 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “astucieusement” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | astucieusement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \as.ty.sjøz.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #74,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “astucieusement” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
astucieusement is uncommon French at frequency #74,570 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \as.ty.sjøz.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avec astuce, finesse, ruse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for astucieusement in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is astucieusement, spelled A-S-T-U-C-I-E-U-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Avec astuce, finesse, ruse.
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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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Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "astucieusement", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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