incane

\ɛ̃.kan\

/\ɛ̃.kan\/ adj

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.

Key facts for incane
PropertyValue
Headwordincane
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.kan\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « incane » en français

incanereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Blanchâtre et terne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incane"?
"incane" is spelled I-N-C-A-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kan\.
What does "incane" mean?
As an adjective, "incane" means: Blanchâtre et terne.
How do you pronounce "incane"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incane" is \ɛ̃.kan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list