inconsistance
\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sis.tɑ̃s\
The verdict
“inconsistance” is uncommon French (frequency #84,894 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,894
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Défaut de consistance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inconsistance · inconsistance · French
inconsistance · rank #84,894 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,894
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH incognita
Nearest frequency peer: incognita (-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 « inconsistance »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- impassibles
impassibles
15,110 corpus weight
- inclinaisons
inclinaisons
15,109 corpus weight
- incognita
incognita
15,108 corpus weight
- inconsistan…
inconsistance
15,107 corpus weight
- incrustent
incrustent
15,106 corpus weight
- indécises
indécises
15,105 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inconsistance » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inconsistance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sis.tɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #84,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inconsistance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inconsistance is uncommon French at frequency #84,894 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sis.tɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for inconsistance, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is inconsistance, spelled I-N-C-O-N-S-I-S-T-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Défaut de consistance.
- 2Manque de soin et d’ensemble dans la conduite et dans les discours.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inconsistance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’inconsistance d’une crème.
Elle était un peu grasse et pourtant elle ne donnait pas l’impression d’inconsistance. C’est ce qui surprenait le plus Loursat. Il y avait dans la lourdeur de Nicole, dans sa placidité, comme une force au repos.
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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