inconscient

\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sjɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sjɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“inconscient” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,410. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,410
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inconscient · inconscient · French

inconscient · rank #8,410 · 17 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,410
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inclure

Nearest frequency peer: inclure (-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 « inconscient »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « inconscient » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

inconscient vs inconsciente
92% similar
inconscient vs inconscients
92% similar
inconscient vs inconscience
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for inconscient
PropertyValue
Headwordinconscient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sjɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#8,410
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « inconscient »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).inconscientse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « inclure » (#8,409), « indienne » (#8,411), « idéale » (#8,408). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inconscient » est au #8,410. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around inconscient (IPA \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sjɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,410 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    État ou d’un acte qui, se produisant chez un sujet capable de se percevoir lui-même, échappe accidentellement ou normalement à sa perception.
  2. 2
    Qui n’est pas doté de conscience, qui n’est pas capable, accidentellement ou normalement, de se percevoir soi-même.
  3. 3
    Qui est irréfléchi.
  4. 4
    Qui n’a pas conscience de tel ou tel de ses actes.
  5. 5
    Dont on n’a pas conscience, en parlant par exemple d’un sentiment ou d’un états d’esprit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how inconscient appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ils font tourner les tables par des mouvements inconscients.
  2. Les phénomènes de la digestion, de la circulation sont généralement inconscients.

Synonyms

assommécomateux

Antonyms

conscientvigilant

This word in other languages

unconscious(English)unbewusst(Deutsch)

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.

icnonscient2incconscient1incnoscient2inconcsient2inconnscient1inconsccient1inconsceint2inconsciennt1
Edit distance from "inconscient"

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 "inconscient"?
"inconscient" is spelled I-N-C-O-N-S-C-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sjɑ̃\.
What does "inconscient" mean?
As an adjective, "inconscient" means: État ou d’un acte qui, se produisant chez un sujet capable de se percevoir lui-même, échappe accidentellement ou normalement à sa perception.
What words are commonly confused with "inconscient"?
"inconscient" is commonly confused with "inconsciente", "inconscients", "inconscience". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inconscient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inconscient" is \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sjɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inconscient" come from?
"inconscient" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list