inepte
\i.nɛpt\
The verdict
“inepte” is uncommon French (frequency #50,902 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,902
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui fait preuve de sottise, d’absurdité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inepte · inepte · French
inepte · rank #50,902 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,902
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH industriellem…
Nearest frequency peer: industriellement (-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 « inepte »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- inculper
inculper
49,102 corpus weight
- indexer
indexer
49,101 corpus weight
- industriell…
industriellement
49,100 corpus weight
- inepte
inepte
49,099 corpus weight
- inoffensives
inoffensives
49,098 corpus weight
- inondent
inondent
49,097 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inepte » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inepte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.nɛpt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,902 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inepte » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inepte is uncommon French at frequency #50,902 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.nɛpt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui fait preuve de sottise, d’absurdité.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for inepte, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is inepte, spelled I-N-E-P-T-E.
Definition
- 1Qui fait preuve de sottise, d’absurdité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inepte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n'est rien de plus inepte qu'un séminariste ; rien de moins propre à être un jour ce que l'on veut qu'il soit, un pasteur éclairé : ces jeunes gens n'ont la tète remplie que de fadaises mystiques.
Peut-être n’ai-je pas de grands besoins intellectuels à assouvir dans la conversation, mais je me plais parfaitement bien avec Cottard, quoiqu’il fasse des calembours ineptes.
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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