incontournables

\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tuʁ.nabl\

/\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tuʁ.nabl\/ adj

The verdict

“incontournables” has 23 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,779. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,779
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
23
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de incontournable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incontournables · incontournables · French

incontournables · rank #18,779 · 23 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #18,779
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 23 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH incliner

Nearest frequency peer: incliner (-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 « incontournables »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « incontournables » 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).

incontournables vs incontournable
93% similar

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

Key facts for incontournables
PropertyValue
Headwordincontournables
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tuʁ.nabl\
Letters15
Frequency rank#18,779
Misspellings tracked23
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incontournables »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « incliner » (#18,778), « influents » (#18,780), « implicitement » (#18,777). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incontournables » est au #18,779. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 23 spelling variants around incontournables (IPA \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tuʁ.nabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,779 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de incontournable.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for incontournables, with forms such as "icnontournables", "inccontournables", and "incnotournables". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "incontournable", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is incontournables, spelled I-N-C-O-N-T-O-U-R-N-A-B-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de incontournable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La fondation du VIA (Valorisation de l’innovation dans l’ameublement) chargée de promouvoir un design hexagonal en perte de vitesse depuis la fin des Trente Glorieuses est décisive, et permet à de nouveaux noms, aujourd’hui incontournables des amateurs de design, de se faire une place : Garouste et Bonetti, Martin Szekely, Philippe Stark, Jean-Michel Wilm…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnontournables
  • inccontournables
  • incnotournables
  • inconntournables
  • inconoturnables
  • incontorunables
  • incontounrables
  • incontouranbles
  • incontournabbles
  • incontournabels
  • incontournabless
  • incontournablles
  • incontournablse
  • incontournalbes
  • incontournbales
  • incontournnables
  • incontourrnables
  • inconttournables
  • incontuornables
  • incotnournables
  • inncontournables
  • inocntournables
  • nicontournables

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incontournables - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

icnontournables2inccontournables1incnotournables2inconntournables1inconoturnables2incontorunables2incontounrables2incontouranbles2
Edit distance from "incontournables"

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 "incontournables"?
"incontournables" is spelled I-N-C-O-N-T-O-U-R-N-A-B-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tuʁ.nabl\.
What does "incontournables" mean?
As an adjective, "incontournables" means: Pluriel de incontournable.
What words are commonly confused with "incontournables"?
"incontournables" is commonly confused with "incontournable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incontournables"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incontournables" is \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tuʁ.nabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incontournables" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (23 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list