incrimination
\ɛ̃.kʁi.mi.na.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“incrimination” is uncommon French (frequency #64,527 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,527
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’incriminer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-incrimination · incrimination · French
incrimination · rank #64,527 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,527
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inaliénables
Nearest frequency peer: inaliénables (-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 « incrimination »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- impatienter
impatienter
35,477 corpus weight
- impertinente
impertinente
35,476 corpus weight
- inaliénables
inaliénables
35,475 corpus weight
- incriminati…
incrimination
35,474 corpus weight
- inenvisagea…
inenvisageable
35,473 corpus weight
- inexplicabl…
inexplicablement
35,472 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « incrimination » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incrimination |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kʁi.mi.na.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #64,527 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « incrimination » en français
Rare enough to double-check
incrimination is uncommon French at frequency #64,527 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.kʁi.mi.na.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’incriminer.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for incrimination in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is incrimination, spelled I-N-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action d’incriminer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how incrimination appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette condamnation juridique repose sur l’incrimination pénale du terrorisme.
L’article 4 du présent projet reprend les articles L. 313-1 à L. 313-14 du code des juridictions financières, relatifs aux incriminations et aux sanctions.
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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