en catimini
\ɑ̃ ka.ti.mi.ni\
The verdict
“en catimini” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En cachette, discrètement, en secret.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-catimini · en catimini · French
en catimini · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | en catimini |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ ka.ti.mi.ni\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
en catimini is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɑ̃ ka.ti.mi.ni\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En cachette, discrètement, en secret.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for en catimini, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is en catimini, spelled E-N- -C-A-T-I-M-I-N-I.
Definition
- 1En cachette, discrètement, en secret.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en catimini appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un grand jeune blondin, que je me souviens de n’avoir point vu durant l’éclipse de la belle, rentra en catimini.
[…] par la porte de service de la Préfecture la bonne tante s'en va seule, sans tambour ni trompette ni clocheton, vers quelque village proche et inconnu où dans une fosse creusée pour une autre on l'enterre en catimini, à peine froide.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.