privément
\pʁi.ve.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“privément” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière privée, libre et familière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-privement · privément · French
privément · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | privément |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \pʁi.ve.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « privément » en français
Rare enough to double-check
privément is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \pʁi.ve.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for privément, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 privément, spelled P-R-I-V-É-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière privée, libre et familière.
- 2En privé, d’une manière qui n’est pas publique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how privément appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils ont toujours vécu privément, fort privément ensemble.
Ils se sont vus privément.
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.