instinctivement

\ɛ̃s.tɛ̃k.tiv.mɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃s.tɛ̃k.tiv.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“instinctivement” has 24 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,849. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,849
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
24
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Par instinct.

Corpus desk

Index FR-instinctivement · instinctivement · French

instinctivement · rank #27,849 · 24 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,849
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 24 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inquiétantes

Nearest frequency peer: inquiétantes (-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 « instinctivement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « instinctivement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for instinctivement
PropertyValue
Headwordinstinctivement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ɛ̃s.tɛ̃k.tiv.mɑ̃\
Letters15
Frequency rank#27,849
Misspellings tracked24
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « instinctivement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.instinctivementse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « inquiétantes » (#27,848), « instrumentale » (#27,850), « inhumation » (#27,847). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « instinctivement » est au #27,849. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 24 spelling variants around instinctivement (IPA \ɛ̃s.tɛ̃k.tiv.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #27,849 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Par instinct.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for instinctivement, with forms such as "innstinctivement", "insitnctivement", and "insstinctivement". 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is instinctivement, spelled I-N-S-T-I-N-C-T-I-V-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Par instinct.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tous deux demeurèrent quelques instants en silence, et leurs regards se portèrent instinctivement vers l’endroit où était apparu le chevalier, le jour de son combat avec Gérard.
  2. Mais il était modeste au logis, il y sentait instinctivement la supériorité de sa femme, quelque jeune qu'elle fût ; […].

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innstinctivement
  • insitnctivement
  • insstinctivement
  • insticntivement
  • instincctivement
  • instincitvement
  • instinctievment
  • instinctiveemnt
  • instinctivemennt
  • instinctivementt
  • instinctivemetn
  • instinctivemment
  • instinctivemnet
  • instinctivmeent
  • instinctivvement
  • instincttivement
  • instinctviement
  • instinnctivement
  • instintcivement
  • instnictivement
  • insttinctivement
  • intsinctivement
  • isntinctivement
  • nistinctivement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of instinctivement - 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.

innstinctivement1insitnctivement2insstinctivement1insticntivement2instincctivement1instincitvement2instinctievment2instinctiveemnt2
Edit distance from "instinctivement"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "instinctivement"?
"instinctivement" is spelled I-N-S-T-I-N-C-T-I-V-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃s.tɛ̃k.tiv.mɑ̃\.
What does "instinctivement" mean?
As an adverb, "instinctivement" means: Par instinct.
What are common misspellings of "instinctivement"?
Common misspellings include "innstinctivement", "insitnctivement", "insstinctivement", "insticntivement", "instincctivement". The correct spelling is "instinctivement".
How do you pronounce "instinctivement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "instinctivement" is \ɛ̃s.tɛ̃k.tiv.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "instinctivement" come from?
"instinctivement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "instinctivement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (24 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list