sélectivement
\se.lɛk.tiv.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“sélectivement” is uncommon French (frequency #86,224 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,224
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une façon sélective.
Corpus desk
Index FR-selectivement · sélectivement · French
sélectivement · rank #86,224 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,224
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Syros
Nearest frequency peer: Syros (-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 « sélectivement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- swell
swell
13,781 corpus weight
- Syros
Syros
13,778 corpus weight
- sélectiveme…
sélectivement
13,777 corpus weight
- séminal
séminal
13,776 corpus weight
- séniles
séniles
13,775 corpus weight
- süddeutsche
süddeutsche
13,773 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sélectivement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sélectivement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \se.lɛk.tiv.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #86,224 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sélectivement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sélectivement is uncommon French at frequency #86,224 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \se.lɛk.tiv.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "D’une façon sélective.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sélectivement, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sélectivement, spelled S-É-L-E-C-T-I-V-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une façon sélective.
This word in other languages
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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