inexact
"inexact" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inexact” is uncommon English (frequency #74,192 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,192
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.
Corpus desk
Index EN-inexact · inexact · English
inexact · rank #74,192 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,192
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH indescribably
Nearest frequency peer: indescribably (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “inexact”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- inapplicable
inapplicable
25,814 corpus weight
- incarcerate
incarcerate
25,812 corpus weight
- indescribab…
indescribably
25,810 corpus weight
- inexact
inexact
25,809 corpus weight
- informality
informality
25,807 corpus weight
- INMARSAT
INMARSAT
25,806 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “inexact” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inexact |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,192 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “inexact” in English
Rare enough to double-check
inexact is uncommon English at frequency #74,192 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for inexact, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French inexact. The correct English form is inexact, spelled I-N-E-X-A-C-T.
Definition
- 1Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.
- 2Imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated.
- 3having a path-dependent integral
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how inexact appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
At the same time, we were cognisant that careful scholars should never solely rely on their own impressionistic observations, and, that our own impressions were inexact and not capable of being quantified.
Etymology
From French inexact.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).