incliner

\ɛ̃.kli.ne\

/\ɛ̃.kli.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“incliner” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,778. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,778
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre dans une situation oblique, par rapport au plan de l’horizon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incliner · incliner · French

incliner · rank #18,778 · 12 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,778
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH implicitement

Nearest frequency peer: implicitement (-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 « incliner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « incliner » 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).

incliner vs infliger
75% similar
incliner vs inclinés
75% similar
incliner vs inciter
75% similar

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

Key facts for incliner
PropertyValue
Headwordincliner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.kli.ne\
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,778
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incliner »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).inclinerse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « implicitement » (#18,777), « incontournables » (#18,779), « imminent » (#18,776). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incliner » est au #18,778. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around incliner (IPA \ɛ̃.kli.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,778 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for incliner, with forms such as "icnliner", "inccliner", and "incilner". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "infliger", "inclinés", "inciter", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is incliner, spelled I-N-C-L-I-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre dans une situation oblique, par rapport au plan de l’horizon.
  2. 2
    Baisser, courber.
  3. 3
    Causer de l’inclination pour.
  4. 4
    Être penché.
  5. 5
    Avoir du penchant, de la prédilection pour quelque chose, être porté à quelque chose.
  6. 6
    Commencer à parvenir vers le but.
  7. 7
    Pencher son buste ou sa tête vers l’avant pour saluer.
  8. 8
    Admettre ; ne plus contester ; renoncer à ; se soumettre à.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Incliner un vase pour verser le liquide qu’il renferme.
  2. On incline un peu les mâts de certains bâtiments sur l’arrière.

This word in other languages

bend(English)inclinar(Español)verbeugen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnliner
  • inccliner
  • incilner
  • inclienr
  • inclinerr
  • inclinner
  • inclinre
  • inclliner
  • inclnier
  • inlciner
  • inncliner
  • nicliner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incliner - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

icnliner2inccliner1incilner2inclienr2inclinerr1inclinner1inclinre2inclliner1
Edit distance from "incliner"

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 "incliner"?
"incliner" is spelled I-N-C-L-I-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kli.ne\.
What does "incliner" mean?
As a verb, "incliner" means: Mettre dans une situation oblique, par rapport au plan de l’horizon.
What words are commonly confused with "incliner"?
"incliner" is commonly confused with "infliger", "inclinés", "inciter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incliner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incliner" is \ɛ̃.kli.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incliner" come from?
"incliner" 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 "incliner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

imminent#18,776Illinois#18,774learning#18,787Lettonie#18,788

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

mandarin12 variantsenfreint12 variantsparental12 variantspleurant12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list