inform
\ɪn.ˈfɔːm\
The verdict
“inform” is uncommon French (frequency #79,411 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,411
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apprendre à, faire part de.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inform · inform · French
inform · rank #79,411 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,411
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH infiltrées
Nearest frequency peer: infiltrées (-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 « inform »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- infantino
infantino
20,593 corpus weight
- infernaux
infernaux
20,592 corpus weight
- infiltrées
infiltrées
20,591 corpus weight
- inform
inform
20,590 corpus weight
- informatifs
informatifs
20,589 corpus weight
- ingouvernab…
ingouvernable
20,588 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inform » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inform |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɪn.ˈfɔːm\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,411 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inform » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inform is uncommon French at frequency #79,411 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɪn.ˈfɔːm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for inform in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is inform, spelled I-N-F-O-R-M.
Definition
- 1Apprendre à, faire part de.
- 2Apprendre à, informer, renseigner.
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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