incruster

\ɛ̃.kʁys.te\

/\ɛ̃.kʁys.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“incruster” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,901. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,901
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Décorer une surface suivant un dessin gravé en creux avec des éléments d’une matière différente, ordinairement plus précieuse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incruster · incruster · French

incruster · rank #36,901 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,901
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH incriminer

Nearest frequency peer: incriminer (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « incruster »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « incruster » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

incruster vs incruste
89% similar
incruster vs incrustée
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for incruster
PropertyValue
Headwordincruster
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.kʁys.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#36,901
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incruster »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).incrusterse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « incriminer » (#36,900), « incolore » (#36,899), « indemnes » (#36,903). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incruster » est au #36,901. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around incruster (IPA \ɛ̃.kʁys.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,901 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for incruster, with forms such as "icnruster", "inccruster", and "incrruster". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "incruste", "incrustée", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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. The correct French form is incruster, spelled I-N-C-R-U-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Décorer une surface suivant un dessin gravé en creux avec des éléments d’une matière différente, ordinairement plus précieuse.
  2. 2
    Remplacer une surface préalablement évidée par une autre composée de petits matériaux taillés.
  3. 3
    Laisser une empreinte en creux dans une matière molle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Incruster de marbre, de jaspe une colonne, un pilastre, un portique.
  2. Incruster un pilastre, un portique, etc.

This word in other languages

gatecrash(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnruster
  • inccruster
  • incrruster
  • incrsuter
  • incrusetr
  • incrusster
  • incrusterr
  • incrustre
  • incrustter
  • incrutser
  • incurster
  • inncruster
  • inrcuster
  • nicruster

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incruster - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

icnruster2inccruster1incrruster1incrsuter2incrusetr2incrusster1incrusterr1incrustre2
Edit distance from "incruster"

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 "incruster"?
"incruster" is spelled I-N-C-R-U-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kʁys.te\.
What does "incruster" mean?
As a verb, "incruster" means: Décorer une surface suivant un dessin gravé en creux avec des éléments d’une matière différente, ordinairement plus précieuse.
What words are commonly confused with "incruster"?
"incruster" is commonly confused with "incruste", "incrustée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incruster"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incruster" is \ɛ̃.kʁys.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incruster" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list