formellement
\fɔʁ.mɛl.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“formellement” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,485. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,485
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - D’une manière formelle ; d'une manière expresse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | formellement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \fɔʁ.mɛl.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #9,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “formellement” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around formellement (IPA \fɔʁ.mɛl.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #9,485 among 137,178 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for formellement, with forms such as "fformellement", "fomrellement", and "foremllement". 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 headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is formellement, spelled F-O-R-M-E-L-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière formelle ; d'une manière expresse.
- 2En qualité de cause formelle.
- 3Effectivement ; en effet ; en réalité.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fformellement
- fomrellement
- foremllement
- formelelment
- formelement
- formelleemnt
- formellemennt
- formellementt
- formellemetn
- formellemment
- formellemnet
- formellmeent
- formlelement
- formmellement
- forrmellement
- fromellement
- ofrmellement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of formellement - 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 “formellement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-O-R-M-E-L-L-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɔʁ.mɛl.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.