posément
\po.ze.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“posément” is uncommon French (frequency #54,802 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,802
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Doucement ; modérément ; sans se presser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-posement · posément · French
posément · rank #54,802 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,802
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH posse
Nearest frequency peer: posse (-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 « posément »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Pornic
Pornic
45,201 corpus weight
- posse
posse
45,200 corpus weight
- posément
posément
45,199 corpus weight
- Pradel
Pradel
45,198 corpus weight
- priment
priment
45,197 corpus weight
- prin
prin
45,196 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « posément » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | posément |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \po.ze.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,802 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « posément » en français
Rare enough to double-check
posément is uncommon French at frequency #54,802 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \po.ze.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Doucement ; modérément ; sans se presser.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for posément, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is posément, spelled P-O-S-É-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Doucement ; modérément ; sans se presser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how posément appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Posément le uhlan avait replié sa carte, ressanglé, puis enfourché sa bête. Il disparut.
Ce qu’il faut, c’est marcher posément, comme un homme posé, en regardant où on marche, pour ne pas mettre le pied dans une bouse de vache.
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.
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