incentive
\ɛ̃.sɑ̃.tiv\
The verdict
“incentive” is uncommon French (frequency #92,854 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,854
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Technique utilisée pour motiver soit le personnel d’une entreprise, soit sa clientèle, par des moyens comme des cadeaux, des jeux, des séminaires ou voyages, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-incentive · incentive · French
incentive · rank #92,854 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,854
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH incombera
Nearest frequency peer: incombera (+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 « incentive »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- immagine
immagine
7,150 corpus weight
- immortalisés
immortalisés
7,149 corpus weight
- incentive
incentive
7,147 corpus weight
- incombera
incombera
7,146 corpus weight
- incongrus
incongrus
7,145 corpus weight
- indifférenc…
indifférenciée
7,144 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « incentive » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incentive |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.tiv\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,854 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « incentive » en français
Rare enough to double-check
incentive is uncommon French at frequency #92,854 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.tiv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Technique utilisée pour motiver soit le personnel d’une entreprise, soit sa clientèle, par des moyens comme des cadeaux, des jeux, des séminaires ou voyages, etc.".
incentive has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is incentive, spelled I-N-C-E-N-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Technique utilisée pour motiver soit le personnel d’une entreprise, soit sa clientèle, par des moyens comme des cadeaux, des jeux, des séminaires ou voyages, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how incentive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lorsqu’il s’adresse aux commerciaux de la distribution interne ou externe, un incentive est une prime en nature (cadeaux, voyages, etc.) ou financière donnée aux commerciaux ou distributeurs ayant atteint un objectif de vente donné.
Ouvert hiver comme été, le resort se prête à l’organisation de séminaires, de team buildings et d’incentives grâce à deux salles de réunions tout équipées pouvant accueillir jusqu’à 63 personnes en plénière.
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); 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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