inelegance
"inelegance" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inelegance” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or quality of being inelegant; lack of grace, refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.
Corpus desk
Index EN-inelegance · inelegance · English
inelegance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inelegance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “inelegance” in English
Rare enough to double-check
inelegance is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or quality of being inelegant; lack of grace, refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for inelegance, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French inélégance, from Late Latin inelegantia. The correct English form is inelegance, spelled I-N-E-L-E-G-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The state or quality of being inelegant; lack of grace, refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how inelegance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The inelegance of the ugly duckling stood in contrast to its ultimate life as a swan.
Etymology
From Middle French inélégance, from Late Latin inelegantia.
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.