en réalité

\ɑ̃ ʁe.a.li.te\

/\ɑ̃ ʁe.a.li.te\/ adv

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.

Key facts for en réalité
PropertyValue
Headworden réalité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ɑ̃ ʁe.a.li.te\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « en réalité » en français

en réalitén'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Réellement ; effectivement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "en réalité"?
"en réalité" is spelled E-N- -R-É-A-L-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃ ʁe.a.li.te\.
What does "en réalité" mean?
As an adverb, "en réalité" means: Réellement ; effectivement.
How do you pronounce "en réalité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "en réalité" is \ɑ̃ ʁe.a.li.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "en réalité" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list