curieusement
\ky.ʁjøz.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“curieusement” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #14,440 in French word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #14,440
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avec curiosité, avec désir de voir et de savoir.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | curieusement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ky.ʁjøz.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #14,440 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “curieusement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for curieusement is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ky.ʁjøz.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,440 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for curieusement, with forms such as "ccurieusement", "cruieusement", and "cuireusement". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "creusement", "copieusement", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is curieusement, spelled C-U-R-I-E-U-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Avec curiosité, avec désir de voir et de savoir.
- 2Avec soin.
- 3Avec soin et délicatesse.
- 4D’une manière étrange.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccurieusement,cruieusement,cuireusement,cureiusement,curiesuement,curieuesment,curieuseemnt,curieusemennt,curieusementt,curieusemetn,curieusemment,curieusemnet,curieusmeent,curieussement,curiuesement,currieusement,ucrieusement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of curieusement - 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 “curieusement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-U-R-I-E-U-S-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ky.ʁjøz.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “creusement” - see the side-by-side comparison. curieusement vs creusement
- 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.