sensuellement

\sɑ̃.sɥɛl.mɑ̃\

/\sɑ̃.sɥɛl.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“sensuellement” is uncommon French (frequency #81,564 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,564
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière sensuelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sensuellement · sensuellement · French

sensuellement · rank #81,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,564
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sensi

Nearest frequency peer: sensi (-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 « sensuellement »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sensuellement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sensuellement
PropertyValue
Headwordsensuellement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\sɑ̃.sɥɛl.mɑ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#81,564
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sensuellement » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sensuellementtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « sensi » (#81,563), « sentimentalité » (#81,565), « Segré » (#81,562). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sensuellement » est au #81,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sensuellement is uncommon French at frequency #81,564 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \sɑ̃.sɥɛl.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "D’une manière sensuelle.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sensuellement, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is sensuellement, spelled S-E-N-S-U-E-L-L-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière sensuelle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vivre sensuellement.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sensuellement"?
"sensuellement" is spelled S-E-N-S-U-E-L-L-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.sɥɛl.mɑ̃\.
What does "sensuellement" mean?
As an adverb, "sensuellement" means: D’une manière sensuelle.
How do you pronounce "sensuellement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sensuellement" is \sɑ̃.sɥɛl.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sensuellement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list