douloureusement

\du.lu.ʁøz.mɑ̃\

/\du.lu.ʁøz.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“douloureusement” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,217. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,217
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
21
tracked misspellings

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-douloureusement · douloureusement · French

douloureusement · rank #40,217 · 21 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,217
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 21 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dressait

Nearest frequency peer: dressait (+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 « douloureusement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « douloureusement » 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 douloureusement
PropertyValue
Headworddouloureusement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\du.lu.ʁøz.mɑ̃\
Letters15
Frequency rank#40,217
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « douloureusement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).douloureusementse 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 « dressait » (#40,218), « disputant » (#40,215), « Drouet » (#40,219). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « douloureusement » est au #40,217. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around douloureusement (IPA \du.lu.ʁøz.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #40,217 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for douloureusement, with forms such as "ddouloureusement", "doluoureusement", and "doulloureusement". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is douloureusement, spelled D-O-U-L-O-U-R-E-U-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avec douleur physique.
  2. 2
    ou Avec un sentiment, une expression ou un ton de douleur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Huguenin fit pénétrer son cheval au sein d'une épinaie. Le passage emprunté constituait une sorte d'étroit couloir dont on ne pouvait s'écarter sans se faire douloureusement griffer.
  2. Les angles de ses lèvres semblaient tirés, ses mâchoires étaient contractées, ses yeux, souvent douloureusement cernés.

This word in other languages

grievously(English)dolorosamente(Español)schmerzhaft(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddouloureusement
  • doluoureusement
  • doulloureusement
  • doulorueusement
  • doulouerusement
  • doulouresuement
  • douloureuesment
  • douloureuseemnt
  • douloureusemennt
  • douloureusementt
  • douloureusemetn
  • douloureusemment
  • douloureusemnet
  • douloureusmeent
  • douloureussement
  • doulourreusement
  • doulouruesement
  • douluoreusement
  • douolureusement
  • duoloureusement
  • oduloureusement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddouloureusement1doluoureusement2doulloureusement1doulorueusement2doulouerusement2doulouresuement2douloureuesment2douloureuseemnt2
Edit distance from "douloureusement"

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 "douloureusement"?
"douloureusement" is spelled D-O-U-L-O-U-R-E-U-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \du.lu.ʁøz.mɑ̃\.
What does "douloureusement" mean?
As an adverb, "douloureusement" means: Avec douleur physique.
What are common misspellings of "douloureusement"?
Common misspellings include "ddouloureusement", "doluoureusement", "doulloureusement", "doulorueusement", "doulouerusement". The correct spelling is "douloureusement".
How do you pronounce "douloureusement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "douloureusement" is \du.lu.ʁøz.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "douloureusement" come from?
"douloureusement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list