excellemment

\ɛk.sɛ.la.mɑ̃\

/\ɛk.sɛ.la.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“excellemment” is uncommon French (frequency #77,504 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,504
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière excellente.

Corpus desk

Index FR-excellemment · excellemment · French

excellemment · rank #77,504 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,504
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH exhaustifs

Nearest frequency peer: exhaustifs (+2 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 « excellemment »

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 « excellemment » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for excellemment
PropertyValue
Headwordexcellemment
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ɛk.sɛ.la.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#77,504
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « excellemment » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).excellemmenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « exhaustifs » (#77,506), « exhortent » (#77,507), « Ethiopian » (#77,500). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « excellemment » est au #77,504. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

excellemment is uncommon French at frequency #77,504 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɛk.sɛ.la.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

excellemment doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is excellemment, spelled E-X-C-E-L-L-E-M-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière excellente.
  2. 2
    Par excellence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si quel qu’un pouvait apprendre en un jour à jouer du luth excellemment.
  2. La Lobivia jajoiana rend excellemment dans les températures basses et Mr Smith, de Koningstown College, m’en a recommandé la culture.

Synonyms

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); 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 "excellemment"?
"excellemment" is spelled E-X-C-E-L-L-E-M-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.sɛ.la.mɑ̃\.
What does "excellemment" mean?
As an adverb, "excellemment" means: D’une manière excellente.
How do you pronounce "excellemment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excellemment" is \ɛk.sɛ.la.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "excellemment" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list