catégoriquement
\ka.te.ɡɔ.ʁik.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“catégoriquement” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #22,508 in French word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #22,508
- frequency rank, French
- 15
- letters
- 23
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - D’une manière catégorique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catégoriquement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ka.te.ɡɔ.ʁik.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #22,508 |
| Misspellings tracked | 23 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “catégoriquement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for catégoriquement is 15 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.te.ɡɔ.ʁik.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #22,508 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "D’une manière catégorique.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for catégoriquement, with forms such as "actégoriquement", "categoriquement", and "catgéoriquement". 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 confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 catégoriquement, spelled C-A-T-É-G-O-R-I-Q-U-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière catégorique.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: actégoriquement,categoriquement,catgéoriquement,cattégoriquement,catéggoriquement,catégoirquement,catégoriqeument,catégoriqquement,catégoriqueemnt,catégoriquemennt,catégoriquementt,catégoriquemetn,catégoriquemment,catégoriquemnet,catégoriqumeent,catégoriuqement,catégorqiuement,catégorriquement,catégroiquement,catéogriquement,caétgoriquement,ccatégoriquement,ctaégoriquement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of catégoriquement - 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.
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 “catégoriquement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-T-É-G-O-R-I-Q-U-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.te.ɡɔ.ʁik.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.