erronément

\e.ʁɔ.ne.mɑ̃\

/\e.ʁɔ.ne.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“erronément” is uncommon French (frequency #90,698 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,698
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De façon erronée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-erronement · erronément · French

erronément · rank #90,698 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,698
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH ergots

Nearest frequency peer: ergots (-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 « erronément »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « erronément » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erronément
PropertyValue
Headworderronément
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\e.ʁɔ.ne.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#90,698
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « erronément » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).erronémenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « ergots » (#90,697), « enthousiasmée » (#90,696), « euphorbe » (#90,700). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « erronément » est au #90,698. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erronément is uncommon French at frequency #90,698 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \e.ʁɔ.ne.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De façon erronée.".

No misspelling variants are generated for erronément in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is erronément, spelled E-R-R-O-N-É-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    De façon erronée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le cric d’arbalète est erronément connu de nos jours, sous le nom de cranequin. À l’origine, ce mot désignait l’arbalète et non le mécanisme destiné à la tendre.

Synonyms

incorrectement

This word in other languages

erroneously(English)irrtümlich(Deutsch)erroneamente(Português)

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 "erronément"?
"erronément" is spelled E-R-R-O-N-É-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʁɔ.ne.mɑ̃\.
What does "erronément" mean?
As an adverb, "erronément" means: De façon erronée.
How do you pronounce "erronément"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erronément" is \e.ʁɔ.ne.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

embrassées#90,689dépucelage#90,668déposeront#90,665freelances#90,743

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list