imprévisiblement

\ɛ̃.pʁe.vi.zi.blə.mɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.pʁe.vi.zi.blə.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“imprévisiblement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De façon imprévisible.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imprevisiblement · imprévisiblement · French

imprévisiblement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for imprévisiblement
PropertyValue
Headwordimprévisiblement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ɛ̃.pʁe.vi.zi.blə.mɑ̃\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « imprévisiblement » en français

imprévisiblementreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

imprévisiblement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɛ̃.pʁe.vi.zi.blə.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De façon imprévisible.".

imprévisiblement has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is imprévisiblement, spelled I-M-P-R-É-V-I-S-I-B-L-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    De façon imprévisible.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how imprévisiblement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La mort est le prévisible qui arrive imprévisiblement.
  2. Chaque fois, selon les temps, Dieu a besoin d’avoir à son service un homme tantôt imprévisiblement élevé et tantôt imprévisiblement humilié.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "imprévisiblement"?
"imprévisiblement" is spelled I-M-P-R-É-V-I-S-I-B-L-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pʁe.vi.zi.blə.mɑ̃\.
What does "imprévisiblement" mean?
As an adverb, "imprévisiblement" means: De façon imprévisible.
How do you pronounce "imprévisiblement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imprévisiblement" is \ɛ̃.pʁe.vi.zi.blə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imprévisiblement" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list