illégalement
\i.le.ɡal.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“illégalement” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #11,980 in French word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #11,980
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - D’une manière illégale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | illégalement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \i.le.ɡal.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #11,980 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “illégalement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for illégalement is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \i.le.ɡal.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,980 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "D’une manière illégale.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for illégalement, with forms such as "illegalement", "illgéalement", and "illéaglement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is illégalement, spelled I-L-L-É-G-A-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière illégale.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: illegalement,illgéalement,illéaglement,illégaelment,illégaleemnt,illégalemennt,illégalementt,illégalemetn,illégalemment,illégalemnet,illégallement,illégalmeent,illéggalement,illéglaement,ilégalement,ilélgalement,lilégalement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of illégalement - 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 “illégalement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-L-L-É-G-A-L-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \i.le.ɡal.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.