incohérent

\ɛ̃.kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“incohérent” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,074. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,074
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui manque de cohérence, de suite, de liaison.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incoherent · incohérent · French

incohérent · rank #31,074 · 16 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,074
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inchangée

Nearest frequency peer: inchangée (-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 « incohérent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « incohérent » 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).

incohérent vs inhérent
80% similar
incohérent vs incohérente
91% similar
incohérent vs incohérents
91% similar

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

Key facts for incohérent
PropertyValue
Headwordincohérent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#31,074
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incohérent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.incohérentse 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 « inchangée » (#31,073), « incomplètes » (#31,075), « incessant » (#31,072). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incohérent » est au #31,074. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around incohérent (IPA \ɛ̃.kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,074 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for incohérent, with forms such as "icnohérent", "inccohérent", and "inchoérent". 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, "inhérent", "incohérente", "incohérents", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is incohérent, spelled I-N-C-O-H-É-R-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui manque de cohérence, de suite, de liaison.
  2. 2
    Qui manque de logique, de réflexion ou de rationalité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Couches de terrains incohérentes.
  2. Langage incohérent.

Synonyms

décousu

Antonyms

cohérent

This word in other languages

inconsistent(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnohérent
  • inccohérent
  • inchoérent
  • incoherent
  • incohhérent
  • incohréent
  • incohéernt
  • incohérennt
  • incohérentt
  • incohéretn
  • incohérnet
  • incohérrent
  • incoéhrent
  • inncohérent
  • inochérent
  • nicohérent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

icnohérent2inccohérent1inchoérent2incoherent1incohhérent1incohréent2incohéernt2incohérennt1
Edit distance from "incohérent"

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 "incohérent"?
"incohérent" is spelled I-N-C-O-H-É-R-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "incohérent" mean?
As an adjective, "incohérent" means: Qui manque de cohérence, de suite, de liaison.
What words are commonly confused with "incohérent"?
"incohérent" is commonly confused with "inhérent", "incohérente", "incohérents". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incohérent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incohérent" is \ɛ̃.kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incohérent" come from?
"incohérent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

indonésien#31,078ignoraient#31,069informatif#31,079instituant#31,084

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

insecticide16 variantsinterrompues16 variantsentretemps16 variantsentreposage16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list