inespoir
\i.nɛs.pwaʁ\
The verdict
“inespoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Absence totale d’espoir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inespoir · inespoir · French
inespoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inespoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.nɛs.pwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inespoir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inespoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.nɛs.pwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Absence totale d’espoir.".
No misspelling variants are generated for inespoir in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 inespoir, spelled I-N-E-S-P-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Absence totale d’espoir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inespoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…]; il rappella les lettres de Salaberry, en disant, qu’il n'y avoit pas assez ajouté de foi pour les leur communiquer, mais que celle de M. de Festetitz ne lui permettant plus de douter de la retraite de nos Troupes, & de l’inespoir de secours, il les avoit rassemblés, sous le secret , pour convenir de ce qu’il y auroit à faire; […].
C’est, d’une part, grâce à de provisoires ressources inespérées (ô ces ressources, ô cet inespoir, ô ce provisoire !), un voyage à une illustre station balnéaire est réalisé.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.