bénévolement
\be.ne.vɔl.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“bénévolement” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,869. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,869
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - D’une manière bénévole ; sans y être obligé.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bénévolement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \be.ne.vɔl.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #28,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bénévolement” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around bénévolement (IPA \be.ne.vɔl.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #28,869 among 227,490 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for bénévolement, with forms such as "bbénévolement", "benevolement", and "bnéévolement". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bénévolement, spelled B-É-N-É-V-O-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière bénévole ; sans y être obligé.
- 2Sans demander salaire ; se dit d’un travail effectué gracieusement.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbénévolement
- benevolement
- bnéévolement
- bénnévolement
- bénvéolement
- bénéovlement
- bénévloement
- bénévoelment
- bénévoleemnt
- bénévolemennt
- bénévolementt
- bénévolemetn
- bénévolemment
- bénévolemnet
- bénévollement
- bénévolmeent
- bénévvolement
- béénvolement
- ébnévolement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bénévolement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “bénévolement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-É-N-É-V-O-L-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \be.ne.vɔl.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.