positivement

\pɔ.zi.tiv.mɑ̃\

/\pɔ.zi.tiv.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“positivement” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,867. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,867
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière sûre, certaine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-positivement · positivement · French

positivement · rank #13,867 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,867
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH podcast

Nearest frequency peer: podcast (-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 « positivement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « positivement » 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 positivement
PropertyValue
Headwordpositivement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\pɔ.zi.tiv.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#13,867
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « positivement »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « podcast » (#13,866), « possessions » (#13,868), « plais » (#13,865). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « positivement » est au #13,867. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around positivement (IPA \pɔ.zi.tiv.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #13,867 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for positivement, with forms such as "opsitivement", "poistivement", and "posiitvement". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is positivement, spelled P-O-S-I-T-I-V-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière sûre, certaine.
  2. 2
    D’une manière précise.
  3. 3
    Avec une charge d’électricité positive.
  4. 4
    Précisément, exactement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle rougit positivement et une flamme brilla dans ses grands yeux bleus. La rougeur passa vite et la flamme s'éteignit aussitôt.
  2. Mais on devrait se rappeler que pendant un long temps la coïncidence de la rotation de la Lune avec sa révolution sidérale, […], a été considérée comme un fait positivement miraculeux ; et qu’il y avait, même parmi les astronomes, une singulière disposition à attribuer cette merveille à l’agence directe et continue de Dieu, […].

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opsitivement
  • poistivement
  • posiitvement
  • positievment
  • positiveemnt
  • positivemennt
  • positivementt
  • positivemetn
  • positivemment
  • positivemnet
  • positivmeent
  • positivvement
  • posittivement
  • positviement
  • possitivement
  • postiivement
  • ppositivement
  • psoitivement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of positivement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opsitivement2poistivement2posiitvement2positievment2positiveemnt2positivemennt1positivementt1positivemetn2
Edit distance from "positivement"

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 "positivement"?
"positivement" is spelled P-O-S-I-T-I-V-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.zi.tiv.mɑ̃\.
What does "positivement" mean?
As an adverb, "positivement" means: D’une manière sûre, certaine.
What are common misspellings of "positivement"?
Common misspellings include "opsitivement", "poistivement", "posiitvement", "positievment", "positiveemnt". The correct spelling is "positivement".
How do you pronounce "positivement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "positivement" is \pɔ.zi.tiv.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "positivement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list