incroyance
\ɛ̃.kʁwa.jɑ̃s\
The verdict
“incroyance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Absence de croyance, de foi en matière de religion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-incroyance · incroyance · French
incroyance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | incroyance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kʁwa.jɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
incroyance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.kʁwa.jɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Absence de croyance, de foi en matière de religion.".
Zero misspellings are on record for incroyance in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is incroyance, spelled I-N-C-R-O-Y-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Absence de croyance, de foi en matière de religion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how incroyance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[L'influence du Génie du Christianisme]: L'athéisme et le matérialisme ne furent plus la base de la croyance ou de l'incroyance des jeunes esprits ; (…) On ne fut plus cloué dans sa place par un préjugé antireligieux ; on ne se crut plus obligé de rester momie du néant, entourée de bandelettes philosophiques ; on se permit d'examiner tout système, si absu…
Soudain ces hommes sceptiques, aimables, indifférents à toute religion, se mirent à raconter des faits étranges, des histoires incroyables mais arrivées, affirmaient-ils, retombant brusquement en des croyances superstitieuses, se cramponnant à ce dernier reste de merveilleux, devenus dévots, à ce mystère du magnétisme, le défendant au nom de la science. U…
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