véhémentement

\ve.e.mɑ̃t.mɑ̃\

/\ve.e.mɑ̃t.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“véhémentement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très fortement, violemment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vehementement · véhémentement · French

véhémentement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for véhémentement
PropertyValue
Headwordvéhémentement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ve.e.mɑ̃t.mɑ̃\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « véhémentement » en français

véhémentementreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

véhémentement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ve.e.mɑ̃t.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Très fortement, violemment.".

véhémentement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 véhémentement, spelled V-É-H-É-M-E-N-T-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Très fortement, violemment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — Pourquoi dire d’un accusé qu’il est véhémentement suspecté d’un tel crime, pour dire qu’il en est violemment suspect ?
  2. — Helvétius est véhémentement soupçonné d’avoir fait cet ouvrage [le Sermon du rabbin Akib],

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "véhémentement"?
"véhémentement" is spelled V-É-H-É-M-E-N-T-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ve.e.mɑ̃t.mɑ̃\.
What does "véhémentement" mean?
As an adverb, "véhémentement" means: Très fortement, violemment.
How do you pronounce "véhémentement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "véhémentement" is \ve.e.mɑ̃t.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "véhémentement" come from?
"véhémentement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list