incane
\ɛ̃.kan\
The verdict
“incane” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Blanchâtre et terne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-incane · incane · French
incane · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | incane |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kan\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
incane is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.kan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Blanchâtre et terne.".
No misspelling variants are generated for incane in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is incane, spelled I-N-C-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Blanchâtre et terne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how incane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je remarquai encore une scabieuse que je pris d'abord pour une sauge, tant par la forme de ses feuilles que par le duvet incane dont elles sont couvertes.
Elle a des tiges cylindriques, légèrement anguleuses, droites, très rameuses, paniculées, hautes au moins de deux pieds, & couvertes d'un duvet court & incane. - Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck, méthodique : Botanique, Jean Louis Marie Poiret
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.