totally

\ˈtoʊt.əl.i\

/\ˈtoʊt.əl.i\/ adv

The verdict

“totally” is uncommon French (frequency #53,031 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,031
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Totalement, complètement, tout à fait.

Corpus desk

Index FR-totally · totally · French

totally · rank #53,031 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,031
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH torpiller

Nearest frequency peer: torpiller (-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 « totally »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for totally
PropertyValue
Headwordtotally
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ˈtoʊt.əl.i\
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,031
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « totally » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).totallytombe 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: « torpiller » (#53,030), « Tote » (#53,032), « trailers » (#53,033). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « totally » est au #53,031. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

totally is uncommon French at frequency #53,031 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ˈtoʊt.əl.i\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Totalement, complètement, tout à fait.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for totally in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is totally, spelled T-O-T-A-L-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Totalement, complètement, tout à fait.

Synonyms

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 "totally"?
"totally" is spelled T-O-T-A-L-L-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈtoʊt.əl.i\.
What does "totally" mean?
As an adverb, "totally" means: Totalement, complètement, tout à fait.
How do you pronounce "totally"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "totally" is \ˈtoʊt.əl.i\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "totally" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list