incompétence
French, noun/ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pe.tɑ̃s/
incompétence is spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-É-T-E-N-C-E (12 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written French, the 13,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incompétence is a French feminine noun meaning “incompetence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Défaut, manque de compétence”.
What does incompétence mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineincompetence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Défaut, manque de compétence. 2. État de celui, celle qui est incompétent. 3. Propriété inverse de la compétence.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of incompétence
- incompétences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incompétence?
- /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pe.tɑ̃s/
- \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pe.tɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to incompétence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incompétence in French?
incompétence appears 3.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).