réellement

\ʁe.ɛl.mɑ̃\

/\ʁe.ɛl.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“réellement” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,101. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,101
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Effectivement, véritablement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reellement · réellement · French

réellement · rank #2,101 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,101
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reconnu

Nearest frequency peer: reconnu (-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 « réellement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « réellement » 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).

réellement vs règlement
70% similar

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

Key facts for réellement
PropertyValue
Headwordréellement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ʁe.ɛl.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#2,101
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « réellement »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « reconnu » (#2,100), « Sarkozy » (#2,102), « rares » (#2,099). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « réellement » est au #2,101. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around réellement (IPA \ʁe.ɛl.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #2,101 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for réellement, with forms such as "reellement", "reéllement", and "rréellement". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "règlement", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is réellement, spelled R-É-E-L-L-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Effectivement, véritablement.
  2. 2
    S’emploie pour donner plus de force à l’expression.
  3. 3
    Par autorité de justice.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. M. Armand de Gavinard était bien réellement un chasseur d’Afrique, ainsi que l’avait péremptoirement démontré Joseph.
  2. Voilà donc toujours sans difficulté une Église très-réellement existante, très-réellement visible, où l’on prêche très-réellement la saine doctrine, et où très-réellement on administre comme il faut les sacrements : car, ajoute-t-on, le royaume e Jésus-Christ ne peut subsister qu’avec la parole et les sacrements: en sorte qu’où ils ne sont pas, il n’y a p…

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • reellement
  • reéllement
  • rréellement
  • réelelment
  • réelement
  • réelleemnt
  • réellemennt
  • réellementt
  • réellemetn
  • réellemment
  • réellemnet
  • réellmeent
  • rélelement
  • érellement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of réellement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

reellement1reéllement2rréellement1réelelment2réelement1réelleemnt2réellemennt1réellementt1
Edit distance from "réellement"

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 "réellement"?
"réellement" is spelled R-É-E-L-L-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ɛl.mɑ̃\.
What does "réellement" mean?
As an adverb, "réellement" means: Effectivement, véritablement.
What words are commonly confused with "réellement"?
"réellement" is commonly confused with "règlement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "réellement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "réellement" is \ʁe.ɛl.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "réellement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list