terriblement

\tɛ.ʁi.blə.mɑ̃\

/\tɛ.ʁi.blə.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“terriblement” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,752. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,752
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De manière à inspirer de la terreur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-terriblement · terriblement · French

terriblement · rank #9,752 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,752
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tentation

Nearest frequency peer: tentation (-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 « terriblement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « terriblement » 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
Key facts for terriblement
PropertyValue
Headwordterriblement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\tɛ.ʁi.blə.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#9,752
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « terriblement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).terriblementse 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 « tentation » (#9,751), « terribles » (#9,753), « techno » (#9,750). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « terriblement » est au #9,752. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around terriblement (IPA \tɛ.ʁi.blə.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #9,752 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    De manière à inspirer de la terreur.
  2. 2
    Extrêmement, excessivement.
  3. 3
    Un nombre terrible de. Une quantité terrible de.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il tonnait terriblement.
  2. […] : alors ou la licence excessive, ou la patience poussée à l’extrémité, menacent terriblement les maisons régnantes.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

etrriblement2teriblement1terirblement2terrbilement2terribblement1terribelment2terribleemnt2terriblemennt1
Edit distance from "terriblement"

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 "terriblement"?
"terriblement" is spelled T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛ.ʁi.blə.mɑ̃\.
What does "terriblement" mean?
As an adverb, "terriblement" means: De manière à inspirer de la terreur.
What are common misspellings of "terriblement"?
Common misspellings include "etrriblement", "teriblement", "terirblement", "terrbilement", "terribblement". The correct spelling is "terriblement".
How do you pronounce "terriblement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "terriblement" is \tɛ.ʁi.blə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "terriblement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list