inconséquent
\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.se.kɑ̃\
The verdict
“inconséquent” is uncommon French (frequency #83,043 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,043
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui agit, qui parle sans se conformer à ses propres principes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inconsequent · inconséquent · French
inconséquent · rank #83,043 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,043
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH incomparablem…
Nearest frequency peer: incomparablement (-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 « inconséquent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- incise
incise
16,961 corpus weight
- inclinations
inclinations
16,960 corpus weight
- incomparabl…
incomparablement
16,959 corpus weight
- inconséquent
inconséquent
16,958 corpus weight
- indiscrètes
indiscrètes
16,957 corpus weight
- innovatrice
innovatrice
16,956 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inconséquent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inconséquent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.se.kɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #83,043 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inconséquent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inconséquent is uncommon French at frequency #83,043 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.se.kɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for inconséquent, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is inconséquent, spelled I-N-C-O-N-S-É-Q-U-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui agit, qui parle sans se conformer à ses propres principes.
- 2Qui fait beaucoup d’écarts, qui a de la légèreté dans sa conduite, qui oublie ce qu’exigent les bienséances.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inconséquent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est aussi inconséquent dans sa conduite que dans ses propos.
Raisonnement inconséquent. Propos inconséquents. Conduite inconséquente.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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