inconscient
\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sjɑ̃\
The verdict
“inconscient” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #8,410 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #8,410
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - État ou d’un acte qui, se produisant chez un sujet capable de se percevoir lui-même, échappe accidentellement ou normalement à sa perception.
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 | inconscient |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sjɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #8,410 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “inconscient” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for inconscient is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sjɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,410 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for inconscient, with forms such as "icnonscient", "incconscient", and "incnoscient". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "inconsciente", "inconscients", "inconscience", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is inconscient, spelled I-N-C-O-N-S-C-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1État ou d’un acte qui, se produisant chez un sujet capable de se percevoir lui-même, échappe accidentellement ou normalement à sa perception.
- 2Qui n’est pas doté de conscience, qui n’est pas capable, accidentellement ou normalement, de se percevoir soi-même.
- 3Qui est irréfléchi.
- 4Qui n’a pas conscience de tel ou tel de ses actes.
- 5Dont on n’a pas conscience, en parlant par exemple d’un sentiment ou d’un états d’esprit.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: icnonscient,incconscient,incnoscient,inconcsient,inconnscient,inconsccient,inconsceint,inconsciennt,inconscientt,inconscietn,inconscinet,inconsicent,inconsscient,incosncient,innconscient,inocnscient,niconscient
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inconscient - 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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Using “inconscient”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-C-O-N-S-C-I-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sjɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “inconsciente” - see the side-by-side comparison. inconscient vs inconsciente
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.