généralement
\ʒe.ne.ʁal.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“généralement” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,114. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,114
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La plupart du temps, couramment, fréquemment, en général...
Corpus desk
Index FR-generalement · généralement · French
généralement · rank #1,114 · 19 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,114
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH garder
Nearest frequency peer: garder (-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 « généralement »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Espagne
Espagne
98,890 corpus weight
- expliquer
expliquer
98,889 corpus weight
- garder
garder
98,888 corpus weight
- généralement
généralement
98,887 corpus weight
- historique
historique
98,886 corpus weight
- industrie
industrie
98,885 corpus weight
What this shows « généralement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | généralement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ʒe.ne.ʁal.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #1,114 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « généralement »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around généralement (IPA \ʒe.ne.ʁal.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #1,114 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "La plupart du temps, couramment, fréquemment, en général...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for généralement, with forms such as "generalement", "ggénéralement", and "gnééralement". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is généralement, spelled G-É-N-É-R-A-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1La plupart du temps, couramment, fréquemment, en général...
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how généralement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les hivers sont généralement doux dans cette région.
Les automobiles sont généralement mues par un moteur à explosion.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- generalement
- ggénéralement
- gnééralement
- génnéralement
- génréalement
- généarlement
- généraelment
- généraleemnt
- généralemennt
- généralementt
- généralemetn
- généralemment
- généralemnet
- générallement
- généralmeent
- générlaement
- générralement
- géénralement
- égnéralement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of généralement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).