accent inflexe
\ak.sɑ̃ ɛ̃.flɛks\
The verdict
“accent inflexe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diacritique, ressemblant à un accent circonflexe retourné ou à la réunion d’un accent grave et d’un accent aigu, indiquant une variation dans la prononciation d’une voyelle, utilisé dans l’orthogra...
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Index FR-accent-inflexe · accent inflexe · French
accent inflexe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | accent inflexe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ak.sɑ̃ ɛ̃.flɛks\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
accent inflexe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ak.sɑ̃ ɛ̃.flɛks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Diacritique, ressemblant à un accent circonflexe retourné ou à la réunion d’un accent grave et d’un accent aigu, indiquant une variation dans la prononciation d’une voyelle, utilisé dans l’orthogra...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for accent inflexe, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is accent inflexe, spelled A-C-C-E-N-T- -I-N-F-L-E-X-E.
Definition
- 1Diacritique, ressemblant à un accent circonflexe retourné ou à la réunion d’un accent grave et d’un accent aigu, indiquant une variation dans la prononciation d’une voyelle, utilisé dans l’orthographe ou la transcription phonétique de certaines langues où les tons ou les longueurs de voyelles sont pertinentes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how accent inflexe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La modulation tonale se note conventionnellement par le diacritique de l’accent circonflexe (pour la modulation haut-bas) et par le diacritique de l’accent inflexe (pour la modulation bas-haut).
Synonyms
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.