en réalité
\ɑ̃ ʁe.a.li.te\
The verdict
“en réalité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réellement ; effectivement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-realite · en réalité · French
en réalité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 réalité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ ʁe.a.li.te\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « en réalité » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en réalité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɑ̃ ʁe.a.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Réellement ; effectivement.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for en réalité, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is en réalité, spelled E-N- -R-É-A-L-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Réellement ; effectivement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en réalité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle semblait faite pour glisser, en robe blanche, dans des paysages liturgiques, […]. En réalité, elle trayait les vaches, cette âme, elle crochait le fumier dans la cour, ce rêve.
Une coiffure faussement sage et naturelle, en réalité hyper-glamour !
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.