dernièrement

\dɛʁ.njɛʁ.mɑ̃\

/\dɛʁ.njɛʁ.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“dernièrement” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,299. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,299
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Il y a peu de temps, récemment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dernierement · dernièrement · French

dernièrement · rank #7,299 · 19 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,299
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dead

Nearest frequency peer: dead (-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 « dernièrement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dernièrement » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dernièrement vs dénigrement
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dernièrement
PropertyValue
Headworddernièrement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\dɛʁ.njɛʁ.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#7,299
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dernièrement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dernièrementse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dead » (#7,298), « dessiner » (#7,300), « Céline » (#7,297). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dernièrement » est au #7,299. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around dernièrement (IPA \dɛʁ.njɛʁ.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #7,299 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Il y a peu de temps, récemment.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for dernièrement, with forms such as "ddernièrement", "denrièrement", and "derinèrement". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "dénigrement", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dernièrement, spelled D-E-R-N-I-È-R-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Il y a peu de temps, récemment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dernièrement, j'avais eu la maladresse de m'enrhumer en pleine chaleur.
  2. Tout dernièrement encore, un trois-mâts français, […], avait rebroussé chemin vers le Costa Rica, où il avait dû être condamné car sa coque était entièrement mangée par les tarets.

Synonyms

ces temps derniersrécemment

This word in other languages

lately(English)últimamente(Español)letzthin(Deutsch)recentemente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddernièrement
  • denrièrement
  • derinèrement
  • dernierement
  • dernirèement
  • dernièerment
  • dernièreemnt
  • dernièremennt
  • dernièrementt
  • dernièremetn
  • dernièremment
  • dernièremnet
  • dernièrmeent
  • dernièrrement
  • dernnièrement
  • dernèirement
  • derrnièrement
  • drenièrement
  • edrnièrement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dernièrement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddernièrement1denrièrement2derinèrement2dernierement1dernirèement2dernièerment2dernièreemnt2dernièremennt1
Edit distance from "dernièrement"

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 "dernièrement"?
"dernièrement" is spelled D-E-R-N-I-È-R-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛʁ.njɛʁ.mɑ̃\.
What does "dernièrement" mean?
As an adverb, "dernièrement" means: Il y a peu de temps, récemment.
What words are commonly confused with "dernièrement"?
"dernièrement" is commonly confused with "dénigrement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dernièrement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dernièrement" is \dɛʁ.njɛʁ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dernièrement" come from?
"dernièrement" 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

différemment#7,303artificielle#7,276alternatives#7,269implantation#7,333

Similar misspelling depth

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

réchauffement19 variantssignificative19 variantscompétitions19 variantsentreprendre19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list