incendie criminel

noun

The verdict

“incendie criminel” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Délit criminel consistant à mettre le feu volontairement au bien d'autrui; un incendie causé de cette façon.

Key facts for incendie criminel
PropertyValue
Headwordincendie criminel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “incendie criminel” sits in French frequency

incendie criminel falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for incendie criminel is 17 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Délit criminel consistant à mettre le feu volontairement au bien d'autrui; un incendie causé de cette façon.".

Zero misspellings are on record for incendie criminel in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is incendie criminel, spelled I-N-C-E-N-D-I-E- -C-R-I-M-I-N-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Délit criminel consistant à mettre le feu volontairement au bien d'autrui; un incendie causé de cette façon.

Synonyms

incendiatincendie volontaire

This word in other languages

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 "incendie criminel"?
"incendie criminel" is spelled I-N-C-E-N-D-I-E- -C-R-I-M-I-N-E-L.
What does "incendie criminel" mean?
As a noun, "incendie criminel" means: Délit criminel consistant à mettre le feu volontairement au bien d'autrui; un incendie causé de cette façon.
What language does "incendie criminel" come from?
"incendie criminel" 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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Using “incendie criminel”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is I-N-C-E-N-D-I-E- -C-R-I-M-I-N-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list