rarement

\ʁaʁ.mɑ̃\

/\ʁaʁ.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“rarement” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,640. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,640
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peu souvent ; peu fréquemment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rarement · rarement · French

rarement · rank #2,640 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,640
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH pêche

Nearest frequency peer: pêche (-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 « rarement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rarement » 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).

rarement vs rement
75% similar
rarement vs rudement
75% similar
rarement vs ramènent
63% similar

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

Key facts for rarement
PropertyValue
Headwordrarement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ʁaʁ.mɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,640
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rarement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rarementse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pêche » (#2,639), « Re » (#2,641), « pub » (#2,638). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rarement » est au #2,640. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around rarement (IPA \ʁaʁ.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #2,640 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Peu souvent ; peu fréquemment.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for rarement, with forms such as "arrement", "raerment", and "rareemnt". 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. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "rement", "rudement", "ramènent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is rarement, spelled R-A-R-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Peu souvent ; peu fréquemment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et ce petit univers grouille de cancans, d'intrigues, de projets, d'ambitions, qui dépassent rarement le cadre de la sous-préfecture. Vous croyez que la Chine existe, vous ? Comment peut-on être Chinois ?
  2. J'avais été beaucoup plus rarement bombardé du haut des airs, et je me trouvai, devant ce danger-là, presque aussi béjaune que mes conscrits.

This word in other languages

seldom(English)raramente(Español)selten(Deutsch)raramente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arrement
  • raerment
  • rareemnt
  • raremennt
  • rarementt
  • raremetn
  • raremment
  • raremnet
  • rarmeent
  • rarrement
  • rraement
  • rrarement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

arrement2raerment2rareemnt2raremennt1rarementt1raremetn2raremment1raremnet2
Edit distance from "rarement"

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 "rarement"?
"rarement" is spelled R-A-R-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁaʁ.mɑ̃\.
What does "rarement" mean?
As an adverb, "rarement" means: Peu souvent ; peu fréquemment.
What words are commonly confused with "rarement"?
"rarement" is commonly confused with "rement", "rudement", "ramènent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rarement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rarement" is \ʁaʁ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rarement" come from?
"rarement" 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 "rarement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

recettes#2,642maladies#2,630immeuble#2,623confirme#2,612

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

collègues12 variantschocolat12 variantsnécessité12 variantsémissions12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list