incivilisé
\ɛ̃.si.vi.li.ze\
The verdict
“incivilisé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas civilisé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-incivilise · incivilisé · French
incivilisé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incivilisé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.si.vi.li.ze\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
incivilisé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.si.vi.li.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’est pas civilisé.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for incivilisé in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is incivilisé, spelled I-N-C-I-V-I-L-I-S-É.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas civilisé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how incivilisé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La myopie, si commune en Europe, paraît rare chez les peuples incivilisés.
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.