pratiquement

\pʁa.tik.mɑ̃\

/\pʁa.tik.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“pratiquement” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,559. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,559
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans la pratique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pratiquement · pratiquement · French

pratiquement · rank #3,559 · 18 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,559
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH possession

Nearest frequency peer: possession (-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 « pratiquement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pratiquement » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pratiquement vs pratiquent
83% similar
pratiquement vs pratiquaient
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pratiquement
PropertyValue
Headwordpratiquement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\pʁa.tik.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#3,559
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pratiquement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pratiquementse 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 « possession » (#3,558), « provenant » (#3,560), « pauvreté » (#3,557). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pratiquement » est au #3,559. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around pratiquement (IPA \pʁa.tik.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #3,559 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for pratiquement, with forms such as "partiquement", "ppratiquement", and "praitquement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "pratiquent", "pratiquaient", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pratiquement, spelled P-R-A-T-I-Q-U-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dans la pratique.
  2. 2
    Presque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vous avez raison théoriquement, mais pratiquement vous auriez tort.
  2. Par contre, l’utilisateur dépourvu de préjugé défavorable, qui prenait la peine de bien lire cette directive, y trouvait pratiquement toutes les réponses à toutes les questions ou tous les cas de figures susceptibles de se rencontrer.

Synonyms

concrètement

This word in other languages

in practice(English)prácticamente(Español)so gut wie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • partiquement
  • ppratiquement
  • praitquement
  • pratiqeument
  • pratiqquement
  • pratiqueemnt
  • pratiquemennt
  • pratiquementt
  • pratiquemetn
  • pratiquemment
  • pratiquemnet
  • pratiqumeent
  • pratiuqement
  • pratqiuement
  • prattiquement
  • prratiquement
  • prtaiquement
  • rpatiquement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pratiquement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

partiquement2ppratiquement1praitquement2pratiqeument2pratiqquement1pratiqueemnt2pratiquemennt1pratiquementt1
Edit distance from "pratiquement"

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 "pratiquement"?
"pratiquement" is spelled P-R-A-T-I-Q-U-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁa.tik.mɑ̃\.
What does "pratiquement" mean?
As an adverb, "pratiquement" means: Dans la pratique.
What words are commonly confused with "pratiquement"?
"pratiquement" is commonly confused with "pratiquent", "pratiquaient". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pratiquement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pratiquement" is \pʁa.tik.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pratiquement" come from?
"pratiquement" 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 "pratiquement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

remplacement#3,563départements#3,532documentaire#3,605applications#3,512

Similar misspelling depth

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

représenter18 variantstransformer18 variantsinstruments18 variantsinterdiction18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list