constitutionnellement

\kɔ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ.nɛl.mɑ̃\

/\kɔ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ.nɛl.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“constitutionnellement” is uncommon French (frequency #53,227 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,227
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière constitutionnelle ; en conformité avec la constitution.

Corpus desk

Index FR-constitutionnellement · constitutionnellement · French

constitutionnellement · rank #53,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,227
  • LEN-MEGA 21 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH consolidées

Nearest frequency peer: consolidées (-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 « constitutionnellement »

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 « constitutionnellement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for constitutionnellement
PropertyValue
Headwordconstitutionnellement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\kɔ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ.nɛl.mɑ̃\
Letters21
Frequency rank#53,227
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « constitutionnellement » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.constitutionnellementtombe 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: « consolidées » (#53,226), « contrefaits » (#53,228), « conserveront » (#53,225). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « constitutionnellement » est au #53,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

constitutionnellement is uncommon French at frequency #53,227 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \kɔ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ.nɛl.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for constitutionnellement in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is constitutionnellement, spelled C-O-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N-N-E-L-L-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière constitutionnelle ; en conformité avec la constitution.
  2. 2
    D’une manière conforme à la constitution d’une personne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Commencée le 14 octobre 1877, la deuxième législature prend constitutionnellement fin le 13 octobre 1881. On n'envisage donc pas les élections générales avant l’automne.
  2. Autre difficulté : contrairement aux départements et aux régions, les métropoles ne sont pas des collectivités locales de plein exercice, et leur existence semble constitutionnellement fragile.

Antonyms

anticonstitutionnellement

This word in other languages

constitutionally(English)

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 "constitutionnellement"?
"constitutionnellement" is spelled C-O-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N-N-E-L-L-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ.nɛl.mɑ̃\.
What does "constitutionnellement" mean?
As an adverb, "constitutionnellement" means: D’une manière constitutionnelle ; en conformité avec la constitution.
How do you pronounce "constitutionnellement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "constitutionnellement" is \kɔ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ.nɛl.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 "constitutionnellement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 21 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

institutionnalisation#47,968socioprofessionnelles#64,789intergouvernementales#67,610anticonstitutionnelle#78,126

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list