incompatible
\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pa.tibl\
The verdict
“incompatible” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,486. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,486
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas compatible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-incompatible · incompatible · French
incompatible · rank #14,486 · 18 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,486
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH Hudson
Nearest frequency peer: Hudson (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “incompatible”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hexagone
hexagone
85,518 corpus weight
- history
history
85,517 corpus weight
- Hudson
Hudson
85,516 corpus weight
- incompatible
incompatible
85,515 corpus weight
- indicatif
indicatif
85,514 corpus weight
- infantile
infantile
85,513 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “incompatible” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incompatible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pa.tibl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #14,486 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “incompatible” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around incompatible (IPA \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pa.tibl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,486 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for incompatible, with forms such as "icnompatible", "inccompatible", and "incmopatible". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "incompatibles", "incomparable", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is incompatible, spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-A-T-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas compatible.
- 2En probabilités, se dit de deux ou plusieurs événements deux à deux disjoints.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how incompatible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il éprouvait le besoin de tirer sur ces deux hommes. Il voulait tirer dessus, et se disait en même temps que les tuer ainsi serait une action horrible. Les deux aspects incompatibles du primitif et de l’homme civilisé luttaient en lui.
Un courant soviétologique plus spécifiquement politologique met l'accent sur des processus de changement politique sui generis qui semblent indiquer une orientation évolutionniste incompatible avec les postulats des théories de la modernisation.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- icnompatible
- inccompatible
- incmopatible
- incomaptible
- incommpatible
- incompaitble
- incompatbile
- incompatibble
- incompatibel
- incompatiblle
- incompatilbe
- incompattible
- incomppatible
- incomptaible
- incopmatible
- inncompatible
- inocmpatible
- nicompatible
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incompatible - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "incompatible", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "incompatible". Here's where to go from here.
- "incompatible" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "incompatibles". View pair
- 18 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #14,486 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "I" letter cohort. I–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.