démesurément
\de.mə.zy.ʁe.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“démesurément” is uncommon French (frequency #55,906 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,906
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière excessive.
Corpus desk
Index FR-demesurement · démesurément · French
démesurément · rank #55,906 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,906
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH démontable
Nearest frequency peer: démontable (+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 « démesurément »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- déjoue
déjoue
44,098 corpus weight
- délaissent
délaissent
44,097 corpus weight
- démesurément
démesurément
44,095 corpus weight
- démontable
démontable
44,094 corpus weight
- démystifier
démystifier
44,093 corpus weight
- dénombrait
dénombrait
44,092 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « démesurément » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | démesurément |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \de.mə.zy.ʁe.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #55,906 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « démesurément » en français
Rare enough to double-check
démesurément is uncommon French at frequency #55,906 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \de.mə.zy.ʁe.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "D’une manière excessive.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for démesurément, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is démesurément, spelled D-É-M-E-S-U-R-É-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière excessive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how démesurément appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le disque brillant se traînait avec lenteur sur l'horizon de l'ouest, et ses obliques rayons projetaient démesurément devant leurs pas les ombres des explorateurs.
Une histoire banale au fond, démesurément grossie, transformée, dénaturée par les passions politiques, et religieuses!
Synonyms
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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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