inconstant
\ɛ̃.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“inconstant” is uncommon French (frequency #56,670 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,670
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Changeant, qui n’a pas de suite, qui est volage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inconstant · inconstant · French
inconstant · rank #56,670 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,670
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH incitera
Nearest frequency peer: incitera (-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 « inconstant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- implémenté
implémenté
43,334 corpus weight
- incitait
incitait
43,333 corpus weight
- incitera
incitera
43,332 corpus weight
- inconstant
inconstant
43,331 corpus weight
- individual
individual
43,330 corpus weight
- inexpliqués
inexpliqués
43,329 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inconstant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inconstant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,670 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inconstant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inconstant is uncommon French at frequency #56,670 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for inconstant, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is inconstant, spelled I-N-C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Changeant, qui n’a pas de suite, qui est volage.
- 2Instable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inconstant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Homme inconstant.
Femme inconstante.
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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