increase
\ˈɪn.ˌkris\
The verdict
“increase” is uncommon French (frequency #75,781 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,781
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accroissement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-increase · increase · French
increase · rank #75,781 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,781
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inclusives
Nearest frequency peer: inclusives (-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 « increase »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- inadéquates
inadéquates
24,223 corpus weight
- incitée
incitée
24,222 corpus weight
- inclusives
inclusives
24,221 corpus weight
- increase
increase
24,220 corpus weight
- incunables
incunables
24,219 corpus weight
- indignées
indignées
24,218 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « increase » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | increase |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɪn.ˌkris\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,781 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « increase » en français
Rare enough to double-check
increase is uncommon French at frequency #75,781 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɪn.ˌkris\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Accroissement.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for increase, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is increase, spelled I-N-C-R-E-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Accroissement.
Antonyms
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).