incongru
\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ɡʁy\
The verdict
“incongru” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,666. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,666
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est convenable ni aux personnes, ni aux circonstances.
Corpus desk
Index FR-incongru · incongru · French
incongru · rank #45,666 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #45,666
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH incisives
Nearest frequency peer: incisives (-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 « incongru »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- hésita
hésita
54,339 corpus weight
- improvisées
improvisées
54,337 corpus weight
- incisives
incisives
54,336 corpus weight
- incongru
incongru
54,335 corpus weight
- incorporant
incorporant
54,334 corpus weight
- infernales
infernales
54,332 corpus weight
What this shows « incongru » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | incongru |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ɡʁy\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,666 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incongru »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around incongru (IPA \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ɡʁy\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,666 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for incongru, with forms such as "icnongru", "inccongru", and "incnogru". 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, "inconnu", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is incongru, spelled I-N-C-O-N-G-R-U.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est convenable ni aux personnes, ni aux circonstances.
- 2Pour une personne, manquer de bienséance, de savoir-vivre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how incongru appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous ne vous fâcherez pas si je vous demande quelque chose d'incongru ?
Confier sa vie n’est pas livrer son âme, et si j’aime Manuela comme une sœur, je ne peux partager avec elle ce qui tisse le peu de sens et d’émoi que mon existence incongrue dérobe à l’univers.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- icnongru
- inccongru
- incnogru
- incognru
- inconggru
- incongrru
- incongur
- inconngru
- inconrgu
- inncongru
- inocngru
- nicongru
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incongru - 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 "incongru", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).