subrepticement
\syb.ʁɛp.tis.mɑ̃\
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
- stupéfaite
stupéfaite
41,044 corpus weight
- stylés
stylés
41,043 corpus weight
- stéréotypé
stéréotypé
41,042 corpus weight
- subrepticem…
subrepticement
41,041 corpus weight
- succincteme…
succinctement
41,040 corpus weight
- suchet
suchet
41,039 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « subrepticement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subrepticement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \syb.ʁɛp.tis.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #58,960 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « subrepticement » en français
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
- 1D’une manière subreptice.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how subrepticement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.
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.
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