inflammatoire

\ɛ̃.fla.ma.twaʁ\

/\ɛ̃.fla.ma.twaʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“inflammatoire” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,582. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,582
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui cause de l’inflammation, qui tient de l’inflammation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inflammatoire · inflammatoire · French

inflammatoire · rank #23,582 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,582
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH incohérences

Nearest frequency peer: incohérences (-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 « inflammatoire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « inflammatoire » 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).

inflammatoire vs inflammatoires
93% similar

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

Key facts for inflammatoire
PropertyValue
Headwordinflammatoire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.fla.ma.twaʁ\
Letters13
Frequency rank#23,582
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « inflammatoire »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).inflammatoirese 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 « incohérences » (#23,581), « influe » (#23,583), « impressionnantes » (#23,580). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inflammatoire » est au #23,582. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around inflammatoire (IPA \ɛ̃.fla.ma.twaʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,582 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui cause de l’inflammation, qui tient de l’inflammation.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for inflammatoire, with forms such as "ifnlammatoire", "infalmmatoire", and "infflammatoire". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "inflammatoires", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 inflammatoire, spelled I-N-F-L-A-M-M-A-T-O-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui cause de l’inflammation, qui tient de l’inflammation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Période inflammatoire d’un furoncle, d’un phlegmon. — Symptôme inflammatoire.
  2. « Nous avions aussi découvert une association entre un phénomène inflammatoire détecté dans le sang, certaines bactéries intestinales et la maladie d'Alzheimer », affirme le Dr Frisoni.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifnlammatoire
  • infalmmatoire
  • infflammatoire
  • inflamamtoire
  • inflamatoire
  • inflammaotire
  • inflammatiore
  • inflammatoier
  • inflammatoirre
  • inflammatorie
  • inflammattoire
  • inflammtaoire
  • infllammatoire
  • inflmamatoire
  • inlfammatoire
  • innflammatoire
  • niflammatoire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inflammatoire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ifnlammatoire2infalmmatoire2infflammatoire1inflamamtoire2inflamatoire1inflammaotire2inflammatiore2inflammatoier2
Edit distance from "inflammatoire"

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 "inflammatoire"?
"inflammatoire" is spelled I-N-F-L-A-M-M-A-T-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fla.ma.twaʁ\.
What does "inflammatoire" mean?
As an adjective, "inflammatoire" means: Qui cause de l’inflammation, qui tient de l’inflammation.
What words are commonly confused with "inflammatoire"?
"inflammatoire" is commonly confused with "inflammatoires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inflammatoire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inflammatoire" is \ɛ̃.fla.ma.twaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inflammatoire" come from?
"inflammatoire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list