incommensurable

\ɛ̃.kɔ.mɑ̃.sy.ʁabl\

/\ɛ̃.kɔ.mɑ̃.sy.ʁabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“incommensurable” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,349. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,349
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
21
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’a pas de commune mesure, en parlant de deux quantités.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incommensurable · incommensurable · French

incommensurable · rank #39,349 · 21 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,349
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 21 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH incitatif

Nearest frequency peer: incitatif (-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 « incommensurable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « incommensurable » 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
Key facts for incommensurable
PropertyValue
Headwordincommensurable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.kɔ.mɑ̃.sy.ʁabl\
Letters15
Frequency rank#39,349
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incommensurable »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).incommensurablese 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 « incitatif » (#39,348), « incorporée » (#39,350), « inaliénable » (#39,347). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incommensurable » est au #39,349. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around incommensurable (IPA \ɛ̃.kɔ.mɑ̃.sy.ʁabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,349 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for incommensurable, with forms such as "icnommensurable", "inccommensurable", and "incmomensurable". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is incommensurable, spelled I-N-C-O-M-M-E-N-S-U-R-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’a pas de commune mesure, en parlant de deux quantités.
  2. 2
    Immesurable.
  3. 3
    Qui est très grand ou infini.
  4. 4
    Dont le rapport est irrationnel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La racine carrée de 2 est incommensurable avec l’unité.
  2. Le côté d’un carré et sa diagonale sont incommensurables.

Antonyms

commensurable

This word in other languages

incommensurable(English)inkommensurabel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnommensurable
  • inccommensurable
  • incmomensurable
  • incomemnsurable
  • incomensurable
  • incommennsurable
  • incommensruable
  • incommenssurable
  • incommensuarble
  • incommensurabble
  • incommensurabel
  • incommensurablle
  • incommensuralbe
  • incommensurbale
  • incommensurrable
  • incommenusrable
  • incommesnurable
  • incommnesurable
  • inncommensurable
  • inocmmensurable
  • nicommensurable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

icnommensurable2inccommensurable1incmomensurable2incomemnsurable2incomensurable1incommennsurable1incommensruable2incommenssurable1
Edit distance from "incommensurable"

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 "incommensurable"?
"incommensurable" is spelled I-N-C-O-M-M-E-N-S-U-R-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kɔ.mɑ̃.sy.ʁabl\.
What does "incommensurable" mean?
As an adjective, "incommensurable" means: Qui n’a pas de commune mesure, en parlant de deux quantités.
What are common misspellings of "incommensurable"?
Common misspellings include "icnommensurable", "inccommensurable", "incmomensurable", "incomemnsurable", "incomensurable". The correct spelling is "incommensurable".
How do you pronounce "incommensurable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incommensurable" is \ɛ̃.kɔ.mɑ̃.sy.ʁabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incommensurable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list