atrocement

\a.tʁɔs.mɑ̃\

/\a.tʁɔs.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“atrocement” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,657. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,657
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-atrocement · atrocement · French

atrocement · rank #38,657 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,657
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH astrologique

Nearest frequency peer: astrologique (-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 « atrocement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « atrocement » 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 atrocement
PropertyValue
Headwordatrocement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\a.tʁɔs.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#38,657
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « atrocement »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « astrologique » (#38,656), « Aumont » (#38,658), « asti » (#38,655). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « atrocement » est au #38,657. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around atrocement (IPA \a.tʁɔs.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #38,657 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for atrocement, with forms such as "artocement", "atorcement", and "atrcoement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 atrocement, spelled A-T-R-O-C-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière atroce, avec atrocité.
  2. 2
    D’une manière choquante, voire répugnante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une action atrocement perfide. — Souffrir atrocement.
  2. Gladys raconta que son mari, en reportage à Bucarest, « s’amusait sûrement là-bas avec de belles Roumaines » : aussi pourquoi ne « s'enjoyerait-elle » pas de son côté ? Son français était si atrocement cocasse qu'on devinait qu'elle était la première à s'en amuser.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • artocement
  • atorcement
  • atrcoement
  • atroccement
  • atroceemnt
  • atrocemennt
  • atrocementt
  • atrocemetn
  • atrocemment
  • atrocemnet
  • atrocmeent
  • atroecment
  • atrrocement
  • attrocement
  • tarocement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

artocement2atorcement2atrcoement2atroccement1atroceemnt2atrocemennt1atrocementt1atrocemetn2
Edit distance from "atrocement"

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 "atrocement"?
"atrocement" is spelled A-T-R-O-C-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tʁɔs.mɑ̃\.
What does "atrocement" mean?
As an adverb, "atrocement" means: D’une manière atroce, avec atrocité.
What are common misspellings of "atrocement"?
Common misspellings include "artocement", "atorcement", "atrcoement", "atroccement", "atroceemnt". The correct spelling is "atrocement".
How do you pronounce "atrocement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atrocement" is \a.tʁɔs.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atrocement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list