inadapté

\i.na.dap.te\

/\i.na.dap.te\/ adj

The verdict

“inadapté” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,093. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,093
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui fait preuve d’un manque d’adaptation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inadapte · inadapté · French

inadapté · rank #35,093 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,093
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH imprègne

Nearest frequency peer: imprègne (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « inadapté »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « inadapté » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

inadapté vs inapte
63% similar
inadapté vs inadaptée
89% similar
inadapté vs inadaptés
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for inadapté
PropertyValue
Headwordinadapté
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i.na.dap.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,093
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « inadapté »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).inadaptése place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « imprègne » (#35,092), « inadvertance » (#35,094), « imposants » (#35,091). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inadapté » est au #35,093. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around inadapté (IPA \i.na.dap.te\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,093 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for inadapté, with forms such as "iandapté", "inaadpté", and "inadappté". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "inapte", "inadaptée", "inadaptés", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is inadapté, spelled I-N-A-D-A-P-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui fait preuve d’un manque d’adaptation.
  2. 2
    Qui n’est pas adapté à telle ou telle situation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how inadapté appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Établissements et services pour personnes inadaptées et handicapées.
  2. Les mesures anti-grippe A sont inadaptées pour le secondaire.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iandapté
  • inaadpté
  • inadappté
  • inadapte
  • inadaptté
  • inadapét
  • inadatpé
  • inaddapté
  • inadpaté
  • indaapté
  • innadapté
  • niadapté

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inadapté - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

iandapté2inaadpté2inadappté1inadapte1inadaptté1inadapét2inadatpé2inaddapté1
Edit distance from "inadapté"

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 "inadapté"?
"inadapté" is spelled I-N-A-D-A-P-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \i.na.dap.te\.
What does "inadapté" mean?
As an adjective, "inadapté" means: Qui fait preuve d’un manque d’adaptation.
What words are commonly confused with "inadapté"?
"inadapté" is commonly confused with "inapte", "inadaptée", "inadaptés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inadapté"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inadapté" is \i.na.dap.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inadapté" come from?
"inadapté" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list