-in
\ɛ̃\
The verdict
“-in” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suffixe nominal ou adjectival apportant une qualité péjorative, ou de diminutif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-in · -in · French
-in · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" 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 | -in |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | \ɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « -in » en français
Rare enough to double-check
-in is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed \ɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for -in in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is -in, spelled --I-N.
Definition
- 1Suffixe nominal ou adjectival apportant une qualité péjorative, ou de diminutif.
- 2Suffixe nominal ou adjectival décrivant une appartenance, un rapport.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how -in appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un plaisantin.
Le soleil périgordin.
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.