Inès

\i.nɛs\

/\i.nɛs\/ name

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The verdict

“Inès” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,612. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,612
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ines · Inès · French

Inès · rank #28,612 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,612
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH involontaires

Nearest frequency peer: involontaires (-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 « Inès »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Inès » 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).

Inès vs ios
25% similar
Inès vs its
25% similar
Inès vs ive
0% similar

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

Key facts for Inès
PropertyValue
HeadwordInès
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\i.nɛs\
Letters4
Frequency rank#28,612
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Inès »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « involontaires » (#28,611), « irrémédiablement » (#28,613), « inutilité » (#28,610). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « Inès » est au #28,612. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Inès (IPA \i.nɛs\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,612 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Inès, with forms such as "ines", "innès", and "insè". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ios", "its", "ive", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Inès, spelled I-N-È-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. – Pauvre Inès… Elle a l’air malade de chagrin.
  2. Le Far West sera le fil rouge du mois d’août sous la direction d’Inès Bothorel, avec au programme les cow-boys, les Indiens, la danse country et aussi le grand jeu de l’œuf du serpent, une grande boum de la paix et une sortie au Zooparc, de Trégomeur (22).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ines
  • innès
  • insè
  • inèss
  • ièns
  • niès

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Inès - 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.

ines1innès1insè2inèss1ièns2niès2
Edit distance from "Inès"

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 "Inès"?
"Inès" is spelled I-N-È-S. The IPA pronunciation is \i.nɛs\.
What does "Inès" mean?
As a proper noun, "Inès" means: Prénom féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Inès"?
"Inès" is commonly confused with "ios", "its", "ive". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Inès"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Inès" is \i.nɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Inès" come from?
"Inès" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hawk#28,588mano#28,643foch#28,562orée#28,671

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Haley6 variantsosera6 variantspaint6 variantsskip6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list