délicatement

\de.li.kat.mɑ̃\

/\de.li.kat.mɑ̃\/ adv

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“délicatement” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,922. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,922
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
19
tracked misspellings

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-delicatement · délicatement · French

délicatement · rank #21,922 · 19 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,922
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH délicats

Nearest frequency peer: délicats (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « délicatement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « délicatement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for délicatement
PropertyValue
Headworddélicatement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\de.li.kat.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#21,922
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « délicatement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).délicatementse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « délicats » (#21,923), « dédommagement » (#21,920), « déchirure » (#21,919). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « délicatement » est au #21,922. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around délicatement (IPA \de.li.kat.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #21,922 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for délicatement, with forms such as "ddélicatement", "delicatement", and "dléicatement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is délicatement, spelled D-É-L-I-C-A-T-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mollement.
  2. 2
    D’une manière douce, légère.
  3. 3
    Avec délicatesse, d’une façon élégante et fine.
  4. 4
    D’une façon délicate, agréable au goût.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je suis moi-même une femme délicatement élevée, faible, craintive et épouvantée de la douleur ; ….
  2. Ajoutez le furikake (ou le gomashio) et mélangez délicatement afin de ne pas écraser les grains de riz.

Synonyms

adroitementdiscrètementdélicieusementfinementhabilementmollementsubtilement

Antonyms

indélicatement

This word in other languages

delicately(English)delicadamente(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddélicatement
  • delicatement
  • dléicatement
  • déilcatement
  • délciatement
  • déliactement
  • délicaetment
  • délicateemnt
  • délicatemennt
  • délicatementt
  • délicatemetn
  • délicatemment
  • délicatemnet
  • délicatmeent
  • délicattement
  • déliccatement
  • délictaement
  • déllicatement
  • édlicatement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of délicatement - 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.

ddélicatement1delicatement1dléicatement2déilcatement2délciatement2déliactement2délicaetment2délicateemnt2
Edit distance from "délicatement"

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 "délicatement"?
"délicatement" is spelled D-É-L-I-C-A-T-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.li.kat.mɑ̃\.
What does "délicatement" mean?
As an adverb, "délicatement" means: Mollement.
What are common misspellings of "délicatement"?
Common misspellings include "ddélicatement", "delicatement", "dléicatement", "déilcatement", "délciatement". The correct spelling is "délicatement".
How do you pronounce "délicatement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "délicatement" is \de.li.kat.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "délicatement" come from?
"délicatement" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

embarcations#21,929culpabiliser#21,901crowdfunding#21,900inexplicable#21,973

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

dédommagement19 variantsprédominance19 variantssollicitations19 variantsréunification19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list