incongrue

\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ɡʁy\

/\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ɡʁy\/ adj

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The verdict

“incongrue” is uncommon French (frequency #60,095 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,095
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de incongru.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incongrue · incongrue · French

incongrue · rank #60,095 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,095
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inconditionne…

Nearest frequency peer: inconditionnellement (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « incongrue »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « incongrue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for incongrue
PropertyValue
Headwordincongrue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ɡʁy\
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,095
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « incongrue » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).incongruetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « inconditionnellement » (#60,094), « indexées » (#60,096), « impurs » (#60,093). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incongrue » est au #60,095. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

incongrue is uncommon French at frequency #60,095 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ɡʁy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de incongru.".

incongrue doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is incongrue, spelled I-N-C-O-N-G-R-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de incongru.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incongrue"?
"incongrue" is spelled I-N-C-O-N-G-R-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ɡʁy\.
What does "incongrue" mean?
As an adjective, "incongrue" means: Féminin singulier de incongru.
How do you pronounce "incongrue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incongrue" is \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ɡʁy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "incongrue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

implorant#60,092indécents#60,099iconiques#60,085insistons#60,105

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list