incroyant
\ɛ̃.kʁwa.jɑ̃\
The verdict
“incroyant” is uncommon French (frequency #99,221 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,221
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas croyant ; qui ne peut pas croire ce qu’enseigne la religion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-incroyant · incroyant · French
incroyant · rank #99,221 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,221
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH indigenous
Nearest frequency peer: indigenous (+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 « incroyant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- incitaient
incitaient
783 corpus weight
- inclinait
inclinait
782 corpus weight
- incroyant
incroyant
780 corpus weight
- indigenous
indigenous
779 corpus weight
- inexploitab…
inexploitable
778 corpus weight
- inexpugnable
inexpugnable
777 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « incroyant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incroyant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kʁwa.jɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #99,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « incroyant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
incroyant is uncommon French at frequency #99,221 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.kʁwa.jɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’est pas croyant ; qui ne peut pas croire ce qu’enseigne la religion.".
No misspelling variants are generated for incroyant in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is incroyant, spelled I-N-C-R-O-Y-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas croyant ; qui ne peut pas croire ce qu’enseigne la religion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how incroyant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'opposition entre le juste et le pécheur, ou le croyant et l'impie, implique qu'aucune entité incroyante ne saurait être tolérée.
Les disciples sont nettement séparés des foules incroyantes (l3,l0-l7); à la fin des temps, il leur incombera de juger les douze tribus d'Israël (l9,28).
Synonyms
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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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