sérieusement
\se.ʁjøz.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“sérieusement” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,252 in French word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #2,252
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - D’une manière sérieuse, grave.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sérieusement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \se.ʁjøz.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #2,252 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sérieusement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sérieusement is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \se.ʁjøz.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,252 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for sérieusement, with forms such as "serieusement", "sréieusement", and "ssérieusement". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sérieusement, spelled S-É-R-I-E-U-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière sérieuse, grave.
- 2Sans plaisanterie.
- 3Froidement.
- 4Véritablement, avec application, avec ardeur, tout de bon, d’une façon déterminée.
- 5Au sens superlatif : très, fortement.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: serieusement,sréieusement,ssérieusement,séireusement,séreiusement,sériesuement,sérieuesment,sérieuseemnt,sérieusemennt,sérieusementt,sérieusemetn,sérieusemment,sérieusemnet,sérieusmeent,sérieussement,sériuesement,sérrieusement,ésrieusement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sérieusement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “sérieusement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-É-R-I-E-U-S-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \se.ʁjøz.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.