sobrement

\sɔ.bʁə.mɑ̃\

/\sɔ.bʁə.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“sobrement” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,045. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,045
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-sobrement · sobrement · French

sobrement · rank #38,045 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,045
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH shape

Nearest frequency peer: shape (-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 « sobrement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sobrement » 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).

sobrement vs sûrement
78% similar
sobrement vs sacrement
78% similar

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

Key facts for sobrement
PropertyValue
Headwordsobrement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\sɔ.bʁə.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#38,045
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sobrement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sobrementse 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 « shape » (#38,044), « Soho » (#38,046), « SFIO » (#38,043). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sobrement » est au #38,045. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around sobrement (IPA \sɔ.bʁə.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #38,045 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "D’une manière sobre ; avec sobriété.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for sobrement, with forms such as "osbrement", "sborement", and "sobbrement". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sûrement", "sacrement", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sobrement, spelled S-O-B-R-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière sobre ; avec sobriété.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il faut donc s’habituer à manger sobrement et simplement, sans rechercher toutes ces viandes délicatement préparées.
  2. Ils nous dévisagèrent tous du même coup d’œil et sans paraître reconnaître Bob qui, sobrement, distribuait de silencieuses poignées de main, retombèrent dans leurs réflexions.

This word in other languages

soberly(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osbrement
  • sborement
  • sobbrement
  • soberment
  • sobreemnt
  • sobremennt
  • sobrementt
  • sobremetn
  • sobremment
  • sobremnet
  • sobrmeent
  • sobrrement
  • sorbement
  • ssobrement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sobrement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

osbrement2sborement2sobbrement1soberment2sobreemnt2sobremennt1sobrementt1sobremetn2
Edit distance from "sobrement"

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 "sobrement"?
"sobrement" is spelled S-O-B-R-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔ.bʁə.mɑ̃\.
What does "sobrement" mean?
As an adverb, "sobrement" means: D’une manière sobre ; avec sobriété.
What words are commonly confused with "sobrement"?
"sobrement" is commonly confused with "sûrement", "sacrement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sobrement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sobrement" is \sɔ.bʁə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sobrement" come from?
"sobrement" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

réécouter#38,033sursauter#38,059tonalités#38,070retombent#38,017

Similar misspelling depth

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

sollicitude14 variantsstressante14 variantssatiriques14 variantssaisissante14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list