terriblement
\tɛ.ʁi.blə.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“terriblement” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #9,752 in French word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #9,752
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De manière à inspirer de la terreur.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | terriblement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \tɛ.ʁi.blə.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #9,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “terriblement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for terriblement is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɛ.ʁi.blə.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,752 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for terriblement, with forms such as "etrriblement", "teriblement", and "terirblement". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is terriblement, spelled T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1De manière à inspirer de la terreur.
- 2Extrêmement, excessivement.
- 3Un nombre terrible de. Une quantité terrible de.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etrriblement,teriblement,terirblement,terrbilement,terribblement,terribelment,terribleemnt,terriblemennt,terriblementt,terriblemetn,terriblemment,terriblemnet,terribllement,terriblmeent,terrilbement,treriblement,tterriblement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of terriblement - 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.
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 “terriblement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɛ.ʁi.blə.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.