ince
\ˈĩ.sɨ\
The verdict
“ince” is uncommon French (frequency #94,909 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,909
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de inçar.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ince · ince · French
ince · rank #94,909 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,909
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH incantatoire
Nearest frequency peer: incantatoire (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « ince »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- imprescript…
imprescriptibles
5,095 corpus weight
- inachèvement
inachèvement
5,094 corpus weight
- incantatoire
incantatoire
5,093 corpus weight
- ince
ince
5,092 corpus weight
- indium
indium
5,091 corpus weight
- indéfinis
indéfinis
5,090 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ince » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ince |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈĩ.sɨ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #94,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ince » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ince is uncommon French at frequency #94,909 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈĩ.sɨ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
ince 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ince, spelled I-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de inçar.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de inçar.
- 3Troisième personne du singulier de l’impératif de inçar.
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.
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