incendie

\ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di\

/\ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di\/ noun

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The verdict

“incendie” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,826. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,826
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réaction de combustion, feu non maîtrisé dans le temps et l’espace conduisant à l’embrasement d’un édifice, d’une maison, d’une forêt, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incendie · incendie · French

incendie · rank #2,826 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,826
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH gratuitement

Nearest frequency peer: gratuitement (-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 « incendie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « incendie » 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).

incendie vs incendies
89% similar
incendie vs incendiée
89% similar
incendie vs incendier
89% similar

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

Key facts for incendie
PropertyValue
Headwordincendie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,826
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incendie »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gratuitement » (#2,825), « interprétation » (#2,827), « gouverneur » (#2,824). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incendie » est au #2,826. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around incendie (IPA \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,826 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for incendie, with forms such as "icnendie", "inccendie", and "incednie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "incendies", "incendiée", "incendier", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is incendie, spelled I-N-C-E-N-D-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réaction de combustion, feu non maîtrisé dans le temps et l’espace conduisant à l’embrasement d’un édifice, d’une maison, d’une forêt, etc.
  2. 2
    Lumière rougeoyante qui illumine un vaste espace.
  3. 3
    Vague de protestation.
  4. 4
    Ravage qui va se dispersant

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […], où il ne restait que les gardes municipaux et des pompiers travaillant à circonscrire l’incendie qu'ils n’espéraient plus éteindre.
  2. Les pompiers de Monthois et de Mouron, avec un zèle et une vigueur dignes d’éloges, attaquèrent l’incendie et parvinrent à préserver l’auberge de Mme Cbarbogne.

Synonyms

feu

This word in other languages

fire(English)incendio(Español)Brand(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnendie
  • inccendie
  • incednie
  • incenddie
  • incendei
  • incenide
  • incenndie
  • incnedie
  • inecndie
  • inncendie
  • nicendie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incendie - 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.

icnendie2inccendie1incednie2incenddie1incendei2incenide2incenndie1incnedie2
Edit distance from "incendie"

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 "incendie"?
"incendie" is spelled I-N-C-E-N-D-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di\.
What does "incendie" mean?
As a noun, "incendie" means: Réaction de combustion, feu non maîtrisé dans le temps et l’espace conduisant à l’embrasement d’un édifice, d’une maison, d’une forêt, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "incendie"?
"incendie" is commonly confused with "incendies", "incendiée", "incendier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incendie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incendie" is \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incendie" come from?
"incendie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

parlant11 variantspétrole11 variantssiècles11 variantsanciennes11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list