gentillement
\ʒɑ̃.tij.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“gentillement” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,905. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,905
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante orthographique de gentiment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gentillement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ʒɑ̃.tij.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #42,905 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gentillement” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around gentillement (IPA \ʒɑ̃.tij.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #42,905 among 194,371 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante orthographique de gentiment.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for gentillement, with forms such as "egntillement", "genitllement", and "genntillement". 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 confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gentillement, spelled G-E-N-T-I-L-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de gentiment.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egntillement,genitllement,genntillement,gentilelment,gentilement,gentilleemnt,gentillemennt,gentillementt,gentillemetn,gentillemment,gentillemnet,gentillmeent,gentlilement,genttillement,getnillement,ggentillement,gnetillement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gentillement - 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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Using “gentillement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-E-N-T-I-L-L-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒɑ̃.tij.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.