désespérément
French, adverb/de.zɛs.pe.ʁe.mɑ̃/
désespérément is spelled D-É-S-E-S-P-É-R-É-M-E-N-T (13 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written French, the 13,986th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Désespérément is a French adverb meaning “desperately” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une façon désespérée”.
What does désespérément mean in English?
adverb
- 1
desperately
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. D’une façon désespérée. 2. Avec excès, surtout avec l’idée de manquer d’espoir dans le succès.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce désespérément?
- /de.zɛs.pe.ʁe.mɑ̃/
- \de.zɛs.pe.ʁe.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to désespérément
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is désespérément in French?
désespérément appears 3.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).