inconvenant
\ɛ̃.kɔ̃v.nɑ̃\
The verdict
“inconvenant” is uncommon French (frequency #59,368 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,368
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui blesse les convenances.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inconvenant · inconvenant · French
inconvenant · rank #59,368 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,368
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inculpations
Nearest frequency peer: inculpations (+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 « inconvenant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- immortelles
immortelles
40,636 corpus weight
- imploser
imploser
40,635 corpus weight
- inconvenant
inconvenant
40,633 corpus weight
- inculpations
inculpations
40,632 corpus weight
- indisciplin…
indisciplinés
40,631 corpus weight
- individuali…
individualisée
40,630 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inconvenant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inconvenant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kɔ̃v.nɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #59,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inconvenant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inconvenant is uncommon French at frequency #59,368 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.kɔ̃v.nɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui blesse les convenances.".
inconvenant has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is inconvenant, spelled I-N-C-O-N-V-E-N-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui blesse les convenances.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inconvenant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Madame fut obligée d’intervenir pour arrêter cette farce inconvenante.
Seul, au coin de son feu, un lord, à ce qu'on prétend, n'ose pas croiser ses jambes, de peur d'être inconvenant; à plus forte raison n'en joue-t-il pas devant des inférieurs, alors même qu'il s'agirait de sauver sa vie.
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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