imbriquée

\ɛ̃.bʁi.ke\

/\ɛ̃.bʁi.ke\/ adj

The verdict

“imbriquée” is uncommon French (frequency #94,902 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,902
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de imbriqué.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imbriquee · imbriquée · French

imbriquée · rank #94,902 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,902
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH implacablement

Nearest frequency peer: implacablement (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “imbriquée”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “imbriquée” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for imbriquée
PropertyValue
Headwordimbriquée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.bʁi.ke\
Letters9
Frequency rank#94,902
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “imbriquée” se place dans la fréquence du français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).imbriquéese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « implacablement » (#94,903), « implorent » (#94,904), « idolâtrer » (#94,899). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

imbriquée is uncommon French at frequency #94,902 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.bʁi.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de imbriqué.".

imbriquée has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 imbriquée, spelled I-M-B-R-I-Q-U-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de imbriqué.

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 "imbriquée"?
"imbriquée" is spelled I-M-B-R-I-Q-U-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.bʁi.ke\.
What does "imbriquée" mean?
As an adjective, "imbriquée" means: Féminin singulier de imbriqué.
How do you pronounce "imbriquée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imbriquée" is \ɛ̃.bʁi.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imbriquée" come from?
"imbriquée" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list