subrepticement

\syb.ʁɛp.tis.mɑ̃\

/\syb.ʁɛp.tis.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“subrepticement” is uncommon French (frequency #58,960 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,960
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-subrepticement · subrepticement · French

subrepticement · rank #58,960 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,960
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stéréotypé

Nearest frequency peer: stéréotypé (-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 « subrepticement »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for subrepticement
PropertyValue
Headwordsubrepticement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\syb.ʁɛp.tis.mɑ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#58,960
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « subrepticement » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).subrepticementtombe 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: « stéréotypé » (#58,959), « succinctement » (#58,961), « stylés » (#58,958). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « subrepticement » est au #58,960. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

subrepticement is uncommon French at frequency #58,960 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \syb.ʁɛp.tis.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "D’une manière subreptice.".

subrepticement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is subrepticement, spelled S-U-B-R-E-P-T-I-C-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière subreptice.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bert se hâta de les suivre, mais il lui fut impossible d’avancer assez vite et assez subrepticement pour surprendre en quel endroit ils avaient caché les vivres.
  2. Il se penche sur sa main, mais tire subrepticement de sa poche une loupe de bijoutier et en profite pour examiner les bagues de plus près.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list