incrustation

\ɛ̃.kʁys.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.kʁys.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“incrustation” is uncommon French (frequency #55,362 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,362
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’incruster ou résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incrustation · incrustation · French

incrustation · rank #55,362 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,362
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH incivilité

Nearest frequency peer: incivilité (-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 « incrustation »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « incrustation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for incrustation
PropertyValue
Headwordincrustation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.kʁys.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#55,362
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « incrustation » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.incrustationtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « incivilité » (#55,361), « indécentes » (#55,363), « incassable » (#55,360). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incrustation » est au #55,362. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

incrustation is uncommon French at frequency #55,362 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.kʁys.ta.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for incrustation in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is incrustation, spelled I-N-C-R-U-S-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’incruster ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Croûte superficielle.
  3. 3
    Croûte superficielle.
  4. 4
    Croûte superficielle.
  5. 5
    Intégration d’un effet spécial à une image filmée séparément.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how incrustation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En 1866, M. l'abbé Jeuffrain, nommé récemment curé de Graville-Sainte-Honorine, remarqua dans la chapelle de sainte Honorine une pierre tombale de grande dimension, sans légende, mais chargée de traces d’incrustations héraldiques, au nombre de douze ou quatorze, et présentant les effigies d'un chevalier et de sa femme.
  2. Les mosaïques, les tables de pierres fines de Florence se font par incrustation.

This word in other languages

incrustation(English)incrustación(Español)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incrustation"?
"incrustation" is spelled I-N-C-R-U-S-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kʁys.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "incrustation" mean?
As a noun, "incrustation" means: Action d’incruster ou résultat de cette action.
How do you pronounce "incrustation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incrustation" is \ɛ̃.kʁys.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "incrustation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

interrompant#55,376hippopotames#55,341fréquentable#55,300expressivité#55,273

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list