incline

\ɛ̃.klin\

/\ɛ̃.klin\/ verb

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The verdict

“incline” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,151. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,151
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de incliner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incline · incline · French

incline · rank #16,151 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,151
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impliquent

Nearest frequency peer: impliquent (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « incline »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « incline » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

incline vs inclue
71% similar
incline vs inclure
71% similar
incline vs incluse
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for incline
PropertyValue
Headwordincline
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.klin\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,151
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incline »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).inclinese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « impliquent » (#16,150), « inclusion » (#16,152), « héréditaire » (#16,149). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incline » est au #16,151. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around incline (IPA \ɛ̃.klin\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,151 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for incline, with forms such as "icnline", "inccline", and "incilne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "inclue", "inclure", "incluse", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 incline, spelled I-N-C-L-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de incliner.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de incliner.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de incliner.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de incliner.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de incliner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. M. SAUTTER s’incline devant la grande expérience de M. Farcot ; il n’a pas eu la prétention de dire qu’avant M. Foucault personne n’eût tenté d’isochroniser le pendule de Watt : il connait et admire le régulateur à bras croisés ; mais ce n’est là qu’une solution approximative et obtenue avec des organes très-compliqués, tandis que celle de M. Foucault est…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnline
  • inccline
  • incilne
  • inclien
  • inclinne
  • inclline
  • inclnie
  • inlcine
  • inncline
  • nicline

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incline - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

icnline2inccline1incilne2inclien2inclinne1inclline1inclnie2inlcine2
Edit distance from "incline"

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 "incline"?
"incline" is spelled I-N-C-L-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.klin\.
What does "incline" mean?
As a verb, "incline" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de incliner.
What words are commonly confused with "incline"?
"incline" is commonly confused with "inclue", "inclure", "incluse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incline"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incline" is \ɛ̃.klin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incline" come from?
"incline" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

intacte#16,157fertile#16,130exercée#16,127mariées#16,178

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

fronts10 variantsjouaient10 variantsflancs10 variantsminimes10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list