incohérence

\ɛ̃.kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃s\

/\ɛ̃.kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“incohérence” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,590. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,590
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de ce qui est incohérent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incoherence · incohérence · French

incohérence · rank #22,590 · 17 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,590
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impulsions

Nearest frequency peer: impulsions (-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 « incohérence »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « incohérence » 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).

incohérence vs incohérent
82% similar
incohérence vs incohérente
91% similar
incohérence vs incohérents
82% similar

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

Key facts for incohérence
PropertyValue
Headwordincohérence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃s\
Letters11
Frequency rank#22,590
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incohérence »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).incohérencese 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 « impulsions » (#22,589), « inspecter » (#22,591), « imaginait » (#22,588). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incohérence » est au #22,590. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around incohérence (IPA \ɛ̃.kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,590 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "État de ce qui est incohérent.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for incohérence, with forms such as "icnohérence", "inccohérence", and "inchoérence". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "incohérent", "incohérente", "incohérents", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is incohérence, spelled I-N-C-O-H-É-R-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    État de ce qui est incohérent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle se leva, très faible mais l'esprit lucide. Chose singulière ! C'est à peine si elle se rendait compte de ce qui se passait en ces heures d'ivresse. Elle se savait malade seulement, mais les détails, les incohérences de ses paroles, ses syncopes, le scandale de sa conduite, tout cela, elle l'oubliait.
  2. — Comprenez, mon enfant, qu’il n’y a aucune incohérence dans ma pensée. Ce qui était inadmissible dans une cérémonie religieuse peut être acceptable dans un dîner. Un dîner est une fête profane.

Antonyms

clartécohérence

This word in other languages

incoherence(English)incoherencia(Español)Inkonsistenz(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnohérence
  • inccohérence
  • inchoérence
  • incoherence
  • incohhérence
  • incohréence
  • incohéernce
  • incohérecne
  • incohérencce
  • incohérenec
  • incohérennce
  • incohérnece
  • incohérrence
  • incoéhrence
  • inncohérence
  • inochérence
  • nicohérence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incohérence - 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.

icnohérence2inccohérence1inchoérence2incoherence1incohhérence1incohréence2incohéernce2incohérecne2
Edit distance from "incohérence"

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 "incohérence"?
"incohérence" is spelled I-N-C-O-H-É-R-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃s\.
What does "incohérence" mean?
As a noun, "incohérence" means: État de ce qui est incohérent.
What words are commonly confused with "incohérence"?
"incohérence" is commonly confused with "incohérent", "incohérente", "incohérents". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incohérence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incohérence" is \ɛ̃.kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incohérence" come from?
"incohérence" 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 "incohérence", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list