incurie
\ɛ̃.ky.ʁi\
The verdict
“incurie” is uncommon French (frequency #51,539 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,539
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Défaut de soin, négligence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-incurie · incurie · French
incurie · rank #51,539 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,539
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH incontestée
Nearest frequency peer: incontestée (-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 « incurie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- incarnations
incarnations
48,465 corpus weight
- incontestée
incontestée
48,463 corpus weight
- incurie
incurie
48,462 corpus weight
- Indra
Indra
48,461 corpus weight
- indétectable
indétectable
48,460 corpus weight
- inestimables
inestimables
48,459 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « incurie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incurie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.ky.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,539 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « incurie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
incurie is uncommon French at frequency #51,539 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.ky.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Défaut de soin, négligence.".
Zero misspellings are on record for incurie in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is incurie, spelled I-N-C-U-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Défaut de soin, négligence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how incurie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au dépeuplement que l’activité, et j’ajoute, l’incurie des chasseurs a provoqué sur les territoires de chasse. On a traqué et tué sans relâche. Ces massacres se sont faits sans discernement.
Ce volume, […], convaincra tous ceux qui le liront que, d’avril 1854 à juillet 1870, la France a constamment marché vers le fatal dénoûment de janvier 1871, par le fait de l’impéritie de l’empereur Napoléon III et de l’incurie de ses ministres.
This word in other languages
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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