inciser
\ɛ̃.si.ze\
The verdict
“inciser” is uncommon French (frequency #83,960 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,960
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fendre ou entailler avec un instrument tranchant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inciser · inciser · French
inciser · rank #83,960 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,960
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH impromptus
Nearest frequency peer: impromptus (-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 « inciser »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- implémentée
implémentée
16,044 corpus weight
- imposèrent
imposèrent
16,043 corpus weight
- impromptus
impromptus
16,042 corpus weight
- inciser
inciser
16,041 corpus weight
- inclusifs
inclusifs
16,040 corpus weight
- inconstante
inconstante
16,039 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inciser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inciser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.si.ze\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,960 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inciser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inciser is uncommon French at frequency #83,960 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.si.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for inciser in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is inciser, spelled I-N-C-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Fendre ou entailler avec un instrument tranchant.
- 2Ouvrir les chairs au scalpel.
- 3Graver finement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inciser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si votre poissonnier ne l’a pas déjà fait, incisez la tête de l’araignée à l’aide d’un couteau.
Dans les auto-mutilations et dans l’auto-chirurgie le sujet s’incise et se sépare aussi quelquefois d’une partie de soi-même, mais il existe des différences essentielles.
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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