incongruence
French, noun\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ɡʁy.ɑ̃s\
incongruence is spelled I-N-C-O-N-G-R-U-E-N-C-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written French, the 273,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incongruence is a French feminine noun meaning “incongruence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fait d’être incongru”.
What does incongruence mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineincongruence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fait d’être incongru. 2. Mauvaise adaptation des deux surfaces articulaires entre elles.
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 incongruence
- incongruences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incongruence?
- \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ɡʁy.ɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is incongruence in French?
incongruence appears about once in every 76 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).