étroitement

Name: étroitement, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\e.tʁʁwa.tmɑ̃\

/\e.tʁʁwa.tmɑ̃\/ adv

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“étroitement” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,622. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,622
frequency rank, French: 1,805
“É” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À l’étroit, dans un espace resserré.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etroitement · étroitement · French

étroitement · rank #10,622 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #10,622
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 17 variants
BOOK-MID 1,805
PHOTO-FINISH établies

Nearest frequency peer: établies (-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.

énerver

89,382
épargner

89,381
établies

89,380
étroitement

89,379
abouti

89,378
accordent

89,377

What this shows « étroitement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Key facts for étroitement
Property	Value
Headword	étroitement
Language	French
Part of speech	Adverb
IPA	\e.tʁʁwa.tmɑ̃\
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#10,622
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étroitement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).étroitementse place ici:

#10,622

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « établies » (#10,621), « abouti » (#10,623), « épargner » (#10,620). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étroitement » est au #10,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around étroitement (IPA \e.tʁʁwa.tmɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #10,622 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for étroitement, with forms such as "etroitement", "téroitement", and "értoitement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is étroitement, spelled É-T-R-O-I-T-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

1
À l’étroit, dans un espace resserré.
2
D’une manière étroite, serrée.
3
Rigoureusement, avec rigueur.
4
Avec une grande surveillance, parce que plus on est dans un lieu étroit, plus la surveillance est facile.
5
En vertu d’une obligation étroite, sur toutes choses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Vous êtes logé bien étroitement.
Ils se tenaient embrassés étroitement.

Synonyms

expressément

This word in other languages

cramped(English)estrechamente(Español)proximamente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

etroitement
téroitement
értoitement
étoritement
étriotement
étroietment
étroiteemnt
étroitemennt
étroitementt
étroitemetn
étroitemment
étroitemnet
étroitmeent
étroittement
étrotiement
étrroitement
éttroitement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of étroitement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "étroitement"

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 "étroitement"?

"étroitement" is spelled É-T-R-O-I-T-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.tʁʁwa.tmɑ̃\.

What does "étroitement" mean?

As an adverb, "étroitement" means: À l’étroit, dans un espace resserré.

What are common misspellings of "étroitement"?

Common misspellings include "etroitement", "téroitement", "értoitement", "étoritement", "étriotement". The correct spelling is "étroitement".

How do you pronounce "étroitement"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étroitement" is \e.tʁʁwa.tmɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "étroitement" come from?

"étroitement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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