civilement
\si.vil.mɑ̃\
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
- cinglée
cinglée
48,645 corpus weight
- cirage
cirage
48,644 corpus weight
- circulatoire
circulatoire
48,643 corpus weight
- civilement
civilement
48,642 corpus weight
- clito
clito
48,641 corpus weight
- Clotaire
Clotaire
48,640 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « civilement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | civilement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \si.vil.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #51,359 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « civilement » en français
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
- 1En matière civile.
- 2Relativement aux obligations civiles.
- 3Relativement à la mort civile.
- 4Avec civilité, d’une façon honnête et polie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how civilement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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).
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.
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