égoïstement
\e.ɡɔ.is.tə.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“égoïstement” is uncommon French (frequency #72,851 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,851
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière égoïste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-egoistement · égoïstement · French
égoïstement · rank #72,851 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,851
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH éduquent
Nearest frequency peer: éduquent (-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 « égoïstement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- écomusée
écomusée
27,153 corpus weight
- écoutiez
écoutiez
27,152 corpus weight
- éduquent
éduquent
27,151 corpus weight
- égoïstement
égoïstement
27,150 corpus weight
- éjectable
éjectable
27,149 corpus weight
- élucidées
élucidées
27,148 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « égoïstement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | égoïstement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \e.ɡɔ.is.tə.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #72,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « égoïstement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
égoïstement is uncommon French at frequency #72,851 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \e.ɡɔ.is.tə.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "D’une manière égoïste.".
No misspelling variants are generated for égoïstement in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is égoïstement, spelled É-G-O-Ï-S-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière égoïste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how égoïstement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Assurés de la victoire, nous caressons égoïstement cet espoir de défaite.
Mais il la prend égoïstement. Elle est là et il se sert.
This word in other languages
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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