conformément
\kɔ̃.fɔʁ.me.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“conformément” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,319 in French word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #4,319
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De façon conforme, en conformité.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | conformément |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.fɔʁ.me.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #4,319 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “conformément” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for conformément is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.fɔʁ.me.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,319 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "De façon conforme, en conformité.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for conformément, with forms such as "cconformément", "cnoformément", and "cofnormément". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is conformément, spelled C-O-N-F-O-R-M-É-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1De façon conforme, en conformité.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconformément,cnoformément,cofnormément,confformément,confomrément,conformement,conformméent,conformmément,conforméemnt,conformémennt,conformémentt,conformémetn,conformémment,conformémnet,conforrmément,conforémment,confromément,connformément,conofrmément,ocnformément
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conformément - 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 “conformément”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-F-O-R-M-É-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃.fɔʁ.me.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.