incendie criminel

noun

The verdict

“incendie criminel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Délit criminel consistant à mettre le feu volontairement au bien d'autrui; un incendie causé de cette façon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incendie-criminel · incendie criminel · French

incendie criminel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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 incendie criminel
PropertyValue
Headwordincendie criminel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « incendie criminel » en français

incendie criminelreste 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

incendie criminel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il cherche plutôt, en prouvant que des incendies criminels sont survenus dans le secteur où il habitait à une époque contemporaine à celle où son véhicule a été incendié, à démontrer que, selon la balance des probabilités, il n'est pas l'auteur de l'incendie de son véhicule.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list