maternellement
\ma.tɛʁ.nɛl.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“maternellement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière maternelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maternellement · maternellement · French
maternellement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | maternellement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ma.tɛʁ.nɛl.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
maternellement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ma.tɛʁ.nɛl.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "D’une manière maternelle.".
No misspelling variants are generated for maternellement in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is maternellement, spelled M-A-T-E-R-N-E-L-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière maternelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maternellement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et vous, ma mère, embrassez-moi le plus maternellement que vous pourrez.
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.