incinérer

\ɛ̃.si.ne.ʁe\

/\ɛ̃.si.ne.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“incinérer” is uncommon French (frequency #80,299 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,299
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réduire en cendres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incinerer · incinérer · French

incinérer · rank #80,299 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,299
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH incendient

Nearest frequency peer: incendient (-2 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 « incinérer »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « incinérer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for incinérer
PropertyValue
Headwordincinérer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.si.ne.ʁe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#80,299
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « incinérer » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.incinérertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « incendient » (#80,297), « incompressibles » (#80,301), « incontrôlés » (#80,302). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incinérer » est au #80,299. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

incinérer is uncommon French at frequency #80,299 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.si.ne.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for incinérer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is incinérer, spelled I-N-C-I-N-É-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réduire en cendres.
  2. 2
    Détruire par le feu le corps d’un être humain (ou d’un animal) récemment décédé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Personne ne revit jamais ce Pussyfair, que j’incinérai moi-même au fond du parc, entre deux couches de feuilles mortes…
  2. « Quelqu’un a incinéré son père pour apprendre le lendemain qu’il était vivant, tandis qu’une autre famille a réalisé que c’était son parent qui était mort », a déclaré le ministre slovène de la Santé, Danijel Besic Loredan.

Synonyms

cinéfiercrématiser

This word in other languages

incinerate(English)incinerar(Español)einäschern(Deutsch)incinerar(Português)

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 "incinérer"?
"incinérer" is spelled I-N-C-I-N-É-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.si.ne.ʁe\.
What does "incinérer" mean?
As a verb, "incinérer" means: Réduire en cendres.
How do you pronounce "incinérer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incinérer" is \ɛ̃.si.ne.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incinérer" come from?
"incinérer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list