incommode
\ɛ̃.kɔ.mɔd\
The verdict
“incommode” is an uncommon French word, ranked #69,156 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #69,156
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui n’est pas commode, dont l’usage cause la gêne.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incommode |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kɔ.mɔd\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,156 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “incommode” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for incommode is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.kɔ.mɔd\. Corpus data places it at rank #69,156 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for incommode, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented 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 incommode, spelled I-N-C-O-M-M-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas commode, dont l’usage cause la gêne.
- 2Qui cause du malaise, de la fatigue, de l’ennui.
- 3Qui est importun, en parlant d’une personne ou d’un animal.
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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.
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Using “incommode”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-C-O-M-M-O-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.kɔ.mɔd\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.