quatrièmement
\kat.ʁi.jɛm.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“quatrièmement” is uncommon French (frequency #70,983 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,983
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En quatrième lieu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quatriemement · quatrièmement · French
quatrièmement · rank #70,983 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,983
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH quarteron
Nearest frequency peer: quarteron (-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 « quatrièmement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pêcherie
pêcherie
29,021 corpus weight
- quarteron
quarteron
29,019 corpus weight
- quatrièmeme…
quatrièmement
29,018 corpus weight
- quiero
quiero
29,017 corpus weight
- quies
quies
29,016 corpus weight
- quinto
quinto
29,015 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « quatrièmement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quatrièmement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \kat.ʁi.jɛm.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #70,983 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quatrièmement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quatrièmement is uncommon French at frequency #70,983 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \kat.ʁi.jɛm.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En quatrième lieu.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for quatrièmement, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is quatrièmement, spelled Q-U-A-T-R-I-È-M-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1En quatrième lieu.
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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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