stupidement

\sty.pid.mɑ̃\

/\sty.pid.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“stupidement” is uncommon French (frequency #52,369 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,369
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-stupidement · stupidement · French

stupidement · rank #52,369 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,369
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stratford

Nearest frequency peer: Stratford (-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 « stupidement »

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 « stupidement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stupidement
PropertyValue
Headwordstupidement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\sty.pid.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#52,369
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « stupidement » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).stupidementtombe 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: « Stratford » (#52,368), « successive » (#52,370), « succinct » (#52,371). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « stupidement » est au #52,369. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stupidement is uncommon French at frequency #52,369 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \sty.pid.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "D’une manière stupide.".

stupidement has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is stupidement, spelled S-T-U-P-I-D-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière stupide.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il restait stupidement immobile. Parler stupidement.
  2. Stupidement incohérent^([sic]), plusieurs d’entre eux dénonçaient comme frauduleux le mode de scrutin par lequel ils avaient été élus.

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 "stupidement"?
"stupidement" is spelled S-T-U-P-I-D-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sty.pid.mɑ̃\.
What does "stupidement" mean?
As an adverb, "stupidement" means: D’une manière stupide.
How do you pronounce "stupidement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stupidement" is \sty.pid.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stupidement" come from?
"stupidement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list