incube
\ɛ̃.kyb\
The verdict
“incube” is uncommon French (frequency #97,030 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,030
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de démon qui, suivant une opinion populaire, prend la forme d’un homme pour abuser sexuellement d’une femme pendant son sommeil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-incube · incube · French
incube · rank #97,030 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,030
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH incorporez
Nearest frequency peer: incorporez (-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 « incube »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- inclassables
inclassables
2,974 corpus weight
- incoming
incoming
2,973 corpus weight
- incorporez
incorporez
2,972 corpus weight
- incube
incube
2,971 corpus weight
- indifférenc…
indifférencié
2,970 corpus weight
- indisposer
indisposer
2,969 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « incube » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incube |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kyb\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « incube » en français
Rare enough to double-check
incube is uncommon French at frequency #97,030 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.kyb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for incube in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is incube, spelled I-N-C-U-B-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de démon qui, suivant une opinion populaire, prend la forme d’un homme pour abuser sexuellement d’une femme pendant son sommeil.
- 2Ancien synonyme de cauchemar, car ceux-ci étaient supposés être produits par des démons s'assoyant sur la poitrine des dormeurs.
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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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