civilement

\si.vil.mɑ̃\

/\si.vil.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“civilement” is uncommon French (frequency #51,359 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,359
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En matière civile.

Corpus desk

Index FR-civilement · civilement · French

civilement · rank #51,359 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,359
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH circulatoire

Nearest frequency peer: circulatoire (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « civilement »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « civilement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for civilement
PropertyValue
Headwordcivilement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\si.vil.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#51,359
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « civilement » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).civilementtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « circulatoire » (#51,358), « clito » (#51,360), « cirage » (#51,357). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « civilement » est au #51,359. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

civilement is uncommon French at frequency #51,359 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \si.vil.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

civilement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 civilement, spelled C-I-V-I-L-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    En matière civile.
  2. 2
    Relativement aux obligations civiles.
  3. 3
    Relativement à la mort civile.
  4. 4
    Avec civilité, d’une façon honnête et polie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si l'auteur ne paie pas les dommages et intérêts auquel il a été civilement condamné, la victime peut s'adresser au service de recouvrement géré par le Fonds de garantie des victimes (FGTI).
  2. Les appels des causes ayant pour objet une valeur supérieure seront portés devant le tribunal de l'arrondissement de Strasbourg, lequel remplira, à cet effet, les fonctions de tribunal d'appel des droits de navigation, et jugera civilement ou correctionnellement selon les cas.

This word in other languages

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 "civilement"?
"civilement" is spelled C-I-V-I-L-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \si.vil.mɑ̃\.
What does "civilement" mean?
As an adverb, "civilement" means: En matière civile.
How do you pronounce "civilement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "civilement" is \si.vil.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list