marginalement

\maʁ.ʒi.nal.mɑ̃\

/\maʁ.ʒi.nal.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“marginalement” is uncommon French (frequency #62,431 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,431
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-marginalement · marginalement · French

marginalement · rank #62,431 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,431
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH marelle

Nearest frequency peer: marelle (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « marginalement »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « marginalement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for marginalement
PropertyValue
Headwordmarginalement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\maʁ.ʒi.nal.mɑ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#62,431
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « marginalement » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).marginalementtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « marelle » (#62,430), « Mariannes » (#62,432), « marcheront » (#62,429). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marginalement » est au #62,431. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

marginalement is uncommon French at frequency #62,431 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \maʁ.ʒi.nal.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for marginalement in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is marginalement, spelled M-A-R-G-I-N-A-L-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    De façon marginale.
  2. 2
    Accessoirement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'entreprise a réduit marginalement ses objectifs pour l'année en cours.
  2. Tous deux aimaient ce quartier resté populaire, c’est ce qu’ils disaient à leurs potes, tard le soir, quand ils se soulaient au Chéri ou au Zorba, des cafés de Belleville qui ne désemplissaient pas et attiraient toute une faune de jeunes gens marginalement marginaux et principalement adéquats.

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); 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 "marginalement"?
"marginalement" is spelled M-A-R-G-I-N-A-L-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ.ʒi.nal.mɑ̃\.
What does "marginalement" mean?
As an adverb, "marginalement" means: De façon marginale.
How do you pronounce "marginalement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marginalement" is \maʁ.ʒi.nal.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marginalement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list