farouchement
\fa.ʁuʃ.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“farouchement” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #27,060 in French word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #27,060
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - D’une manière farouche.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | farouchement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \fa.ʁuʃ.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #27,060 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “farouchement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for farouchement is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fa.ʁuʃ.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #27,060 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for farouchement, with forms such as "afrouchement", "faoruchement", and "farocuhement". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is farouchement, spelled F-A-R-O-U-C-H-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière farouche.
- 2Absolument ; totalement ; sans aucun espoir de conciliation.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: afrouchement,faoruchement,farocuhement,faroucchement,faroucehment,faroucheemnt,farouchemennt,farouchementt,farouchemetn,farouchemment,farouchemnet,farouchhement,farouchmeent,farouhcement,farrouchement,faruochement,ffarouchement,fraouchement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of farouchement - 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.
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.
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Using “farouchement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-A-R-O-U-C-H-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fa.ʁuʃ.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.