excessivement

\ɛk.se.siv.mɑ̃\

/\ɛk.se.siv.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“excessivement” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,422. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,422
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avec excès, à un degré excessif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-excessivement · excessivement · French

excessivement · rank #17,422 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #17,422
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH espérais

Nearest frequency peer: espérais (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « excessivement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

excessivement vs exclusivement
85% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for excessivement
PropertyValue
Headwordexcessivement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ɛk.se.siv.mɑ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#17,422
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « excessivement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.excessivementse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « espérais » (#17,421), « expérimenter » (#17,423), « esplanade » (#17,420). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « excessivement » est au #17,422. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around excessivement (IPA \ɛk.se.siv.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #17,422 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for excessivement, with forms such as "ecxessivement", "exccessivement", and "excesisvement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "exclusivement", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is excessivement, spelled E-X-C-E-S-S-I-V-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avec excès, à un degré excessif.
  2. 2
    Extrêmement.
  3. 3
    Un nombre excessif de, une quantité excessive de.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ma tante n’est plus si excessivement mal.
  2. Puisqu’il en est question, je vous dirai tout net que cette liberté me déplaît excessivement.

Synonyms

abusivementcomme c’est pas permisextrêmementfortfurieusementimmodérémentincroyablementmonstrueusementoutrageusementterriblementtrop

This word in other languages

excessively(English)excesivamente(Español)unglaublich(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecxessivement
  • exccessivement
  • excesisvement
  • excesivement
  • excessievment
  • excessiveemnt
  • excessivemennt
  • excessivementt
  • excessivemetn
  • excessivemment
  • excessivemnet
  • excessivmeent
  • excessivvement
  • excessviement
  • excsesivement
  • execssivement
  • exxcessivement
  • xecessivement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of excessivement - 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.

ecxessivement2exccessivement1excesisvement2excesivement1excessievment2excessiveemnt2excessivemennt1excessivementt1
Edit distance from "excessivement"

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 "excessivement"?
"excessivement" is spelled E-X-C-E-S-S-I-V-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.se.siv.mɑ̃\.
What does "excessivement" mean?
As an adverb, "excessivement" means: Avec excès, à un degré excessif.
What words are commonly confused with "excessivement"?
"excessivement" is commonly confused with "exclusivement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "excessivement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excessivement" is \ɛk.se.siv.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "excessivement" come from?
"excessivement" 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 "excessivement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

extermination#17,424génétiquement#17,445correspondait#17,396correctionnel#17,395

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

impérialisme18 variantsconcrétiser18 variantsconcentrent18 variantscapitalistes18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list