incrustations

\ɛ̃.kʁys.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.kʁys.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“incrustations” is uncommon French (frequency #65,229 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,229
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de incrustation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incrustations · incrustations · French

incrustations · rank #65,229 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,229
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH incarnera

Nearest frequency peer: incarnera (-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 « incrustations »

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 « incrustations » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for incrustations
PropertyValue
Headwordincrustations
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.kʁys.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#65,229
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « incrustations » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).incrustationstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « incarnera » (#65,228), « initiatiques » (#65,230), « incandescente » (#65,227). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incrustations » est au #65,229. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

incrustations is uncommon French at frequency #65,229 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.kʁys.ta.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de incrustation.".

Zero misspellings are on record for incrustations in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is incrustations, spelled I-N-C-R-U-S-T-A-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de incrustation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cette année, l’analyse des eaux et les incrustations ont particulièrement été étudiées, et les industriels trouveront d’intéressantes données sur les anticalcaires dans les recherches de M. Walther.

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 "incrustations"?
"incrustations" is spelled I-N-C-R-U-S-T-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kʁys.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "incrustations" mean?
As a noun, "incrustations" means: Pluriel de incrustation.
How do you pronounce "incrustations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incrustations" 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 "incrustations", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list