inconsistance
French, noun/ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sis.tɑ̃s/
inconsistance is spelled I-N-C-O-N-S-I-S-T-A-N-C-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 84,649th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inconsistance is a French feminine noun meaning “inconsistency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Défaut de consistance”.
What does inconsistance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinconsistency
- 2
feminineflimsiness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Défaut de consistance. 2. Manque de soin et d’ensemble dans la conduite et dans les discours.
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 inconsistance
- inconsistances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inconsistance?
- /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sis.tɑ̃s/
- \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sis.tɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inconsistance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inconsistance in French?
inconsistance appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).