incrétion
\ɛ̃.kʁe.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“incrétion” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sécrétion qui reste à l'intérieur de l'organisme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-incretion · incrétion · French
incrétion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incrétion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kʁe.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « incrétion » en français
Rare enough to double-check
incrétion is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.kʁe.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sécrétion qui reste à l'intérieur de l'organisme.".
incrétion doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is incrétion, spelled I-N-C-R-É-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Sécrétion qui reste à l'intérieur de l'organisme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how incrétion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enfin à l'hémorragie succède une troisième phase à laquelle président l'hypophyse avec l'incrétion de l'hormone lutéinisante, l'écorce surrénale et la lutéine.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.