incompréhensible
\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sibl\
The verdict
“incompréhensible” has 26 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,788. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,788
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 26
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut pas être compris.
Corpus desk
Index FR-incomprehensible · incompréhensible · French
incompréhensible · rank #11,788 · 26 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #11,788
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 26 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inquiétez
Nearest frequency peer: inquiétez (+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 “incompréhensible”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- imbéciles
imbéciles
88,216 corpus weight
- imiter
imiter
88,215 corpus weight
- incompréhen…
incompréhensible
88,213 corpus weight
- inquiétez
inquiétez
88,212 corpus weight
- inscrites
inscrites
88,211 corpus weight
- instabilité
instabilité
88,210 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “incompréhensible” 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 | incompréhensible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sibl\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #11,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 26 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “incompréhensible” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 26 spelling variants around incompréhensible (IPA \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sibl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,788 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 26 likely wrong-spelling variants for incompréhensible, with forms such as "icnompréhensible", "inccompréhensible", and "incmopréhensible". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "incompréhensibles", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is incompréhensible, spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-R-É-H-E-N-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui ne peut pas être compris.
- 2Qui est très difficile à comprendre.
- 3Qualifie une personne dont on ne peut s’expliquer le caractère, la conduite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how incompréhensible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La télépathie leur avait révélé sur Saturne des choses stupéfiantes. Sur Terre, ils ne découvraient que des faits incompréhensibles ou les faisant pouffer de rire.
Considérant cela avec attention, il me vient d’abord en la pensée que je ne me dois pas étonner si je ne suis pas capable de comprendre pourquoi Dieu fait ce qu’il fait, et qu’il ne faut pas pour cela douter de son existence, de ce que peut-être je vois par expérience beaucoup d’autres choses qui existent, bien que je ne puisse comprendre pour quelle rais…
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- icnompréhensible
- inccompréhensible
- incmopréhensible
- incommpréhensible
- incomppréhensible
- incomprehensible
- incomprhéensible
- incomprréhensible
- incompréehnsible
- incompréhenisble
- incompréhennsible
- incompréhensbile
- incompréhensibble
- incompréhensibel
- incompréhensiblle
- incompréhensilbe
- incompréhenssible
- incompréhesnible
- incompréhhensible
- incompréhnesible
- incompérhensible
- incomrpéhensible
- incopmréhensible
- inncompréhensible
- inocmpréhensible
- nicompréhensible
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incompréhensible - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "incompréhensible", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (26 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "incompréhensibles". View pair
- 26 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #11,788 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "I" letter cohort. I–Z browse
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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.