inflorescence
\ɛ̃.flɔ.ʁɛ.sɑ̃s\
The verdict
“inflorescence” is uncommon French (frequency #52,118 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,118
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mode de groupement des fleurs d’une plante, ou groupe de fleurs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inflorescence · inflorescence · French
inflorescence · rank #52,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,118
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inflationniste
Nearest frequency peer: inflationniste (-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 « inflorescence »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- inconstance
inconstance
47,886 corpus weight
- indéfinie
indéfinie
47,885 corpus weight
- inflationni…
inflationniste
47,884 corpus weight
- inflorescen…
inflorescence
47,883 corpus weight
- infographies
infographies
47,882 corpus weight
- inhabitable
inhabitable
47,881 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inflorescence » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inflorescence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.flɔ.ʁɛ.sɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #52,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inflorescence » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inflorescence is uncommon French at frequency #52,118 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.flɔ.ʁɛ.sɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mode de groupement des fleurs d’une plante, ou groupe de fleurs.".
Zero misspellings are on record for inflorescence in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is inflorescence, spelled I-N-F-L-O-R-E-S-C-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Mode de groupement des fleurs d’une plante, ou groupe de fleurs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inflorescence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous laisserons de côté l’Asphodeline lutea, le vulgaire Bâton de Jacob, qui rehausse les vieux jardins, qu’il orne de ses longues inflorescences dorées, pour nous arrêter à d’autres espèces pour le moins aussi ornementales […].
Bien des variétés de choux sont cultivées en France: […] — Le chou-fleur et le chou-brocoli (Br. oleracea var. botrytis), dont la partie comestible est l’inflorescence; le chou-fleur est une plante annuelle, le chou-brocoli est bisannuel.
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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