faiblement

\fɛ.blə.mɑ̃\

/\fɛ.blə.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“faiblement” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,361. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,361
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-faiblement · faiblement · French

faiblement · rank #16,361 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,361
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH faciale

Nearest frequency peer: faciale (-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 « faiblement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « faiblement » 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).

faiblement vs fatalement
80% similar
faiblement vs facilement
80% similar

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

Key facts for faiblement
PropertyValue
Headwordfaiblement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\fɛ.blə.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#16,361
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « faiblement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).faiblementse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « faciale » (#16,360), « fascination » (#16,362), « expérimentés » (#16,359). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « faiblement » est au #16,361. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around faiblement (IPA \fɛ.blə.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #16,361 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "D’une manière faible.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for faiblement, with forms such as "afiblement", "fabilement", and "faibblement". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fatalement", "facilement", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is faiblement, spelled F-A-I-B-L-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière faible.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nos malheurs jusqu'ici vous touchent faiblement.
  2. Que le cœur d’une femme est mal connu de vous, Et que vous savez peu ce qu’il veut faire entendre, Lorsque si faiblement on le voit se défendre !

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afiblement
  • fabilement
  • faibblement
  • faibelment
  • faibleemnt
  • faiblemennt
  • faiblementt
  • faiblemetn
  • faiblemment
  • faiblemnet
  • faibllement
  • faiblmeent
  • failbement
  • ffaiblement
  • fiablement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of faiblement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

afiblement2fabilement2faibblement1faibelment2faibleemnt2faiblemennt1faiblementt1faiblemetn2
Edit distance from "faiblement"

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 "faiblement"?
"faiblement" is spelled F-A-I-B-L-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛ.blə.mɑ̃\.
What does "faiblement" mean?
As an adverb, "faiblement" means: D’une manière faible.
What words are commonly confused with "faiblement"?
"faiblement" is commonly confused with "fatalement", "facilement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "faiblement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faiblement" is \fɛ.blə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faiblement" come from?
"faiblement" 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 "faiblement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list