illicitement
\i.li.sit.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“illicitement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière illicite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-illicitement · illicitement · French
illicitement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | illicitement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \i.li.sit.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « illicitement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
illicitement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \i.li.sit.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "D’une manière illicite.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for illicitement in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is illicitement, spelled I-L-L-I-C-I-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière illicite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how illicitement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est vrai que cela s'est fait, mais toujours illicitement.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.