incurvée

\ɛ̃.kyʁ.ve\

/\ɛ̃.kyʁ.ve\/ adj

The verdict

“incurvée” is uncommon French (frequency #56,032 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,032
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de incurvé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incurvee · incurvée · French

incurvée · rank #56,032 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,032
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inconfortables

Nearest frequency peer: inconfortables (-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 « incurvée »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for incurvée
PropertyValue
Headwordincurvée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.kyʁ.ve\
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,032
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « incurvée » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.incurvéetombe 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: « inconfortables » (#56,031), « incipit » (#56,030), « indomptables » (#56,034). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incurvée » est au #56,032. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

incurvée is uncommon French at frequency #56,032 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.kyʁ.ve\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de incurvé.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for incurvée, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 incurvée, spelled I-N-C-U-R-V-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de incurvé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les claviers jouent désormais la carte séduction : outre l’aspect design du clavier, compact, plat ou ultra-plat, la disposition des touches droite ou incurvée, en arc de cercle ou en forme de vague est totalement une affaire de goût.

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 "incurvée"?
"incurvée" is spelled I-N-C-U-R-V-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kyʁ.ve\.
What does "incurvée" mean?
As an adjective, "incurvée" means: Féminin singulier de incurvé.
How do you pronounce "incurvée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incurvée" is \ɛ̃.kyʁ.ve\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incurvée" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list