incroyable

/\ɛ̃.kʁwa.jabl\/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,596

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

incroyable is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui ne peut pas être cru, ou qui est difficile à croire. Pronounced \ɛ̃.kʁwa.jabl\. It ranks #1,596 in French word frequency. Often confused with incroyables.

Key facts for incroyable
PropertyValue
Headwordincroyable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ɛ̃.kʁwa.jabl\
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,596
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of incroyable in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for incroyable is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.kʁwa.jabl\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,596 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for incroyable, with forms such as "icnroyable", "inccroyable", and "incoryable". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "incroyables", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is incroyable, spelled I-N-C-R-O-Y-A-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne peut pas être cru, ou qui est difficile à croire.
  2. 2
    Qui est excessif, extraordinaire, qui passe la croyance.
  3. 3
    Qui est étrange, ridicule.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: icnroyable,inccroyable,incoryable,incroayble,incroyabble,incroyabel,incroyablle,incroyalbe,incroybale,incroyyable,incrroyable,incryoable,inncroyable,inrcoyable,nicroyable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for incroyable

Misspelling Variants of "incroyable"

icnroyable10inccroyable11incoryable10incroayble10incroyabble11incroyabel10incroyablle11incroyalbe10
Misspelling Variants of "incroyable"

Frequency rank: #1,596 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incroyable"?
"incroyable" is spelled I-N-C-R-O-Y-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kʁwa.jabl\.
What does "incroyable" mean?
As an adj, "incroyable" means: Qui ne peut pas être cru, ou qui est difficile à croire.
What words are commonly confused with "incroyable"?
"incroyable" is commonly confused with "incroyables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incroyable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incroyable" is \ɛ̃.kʁwa.jabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incroyable" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.