infréquent
\ɛ̃.fʁe.kɑ̃\
The verdict
“infréquent” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne se reproduit pas souvent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-infrequent · infréquent · French
infréquent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | infréquent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.fʁe.kɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « infréquent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
infréquent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.fʁe.kɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui ne se reproduit pas souvent.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for infréquent, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is infréquent, spelled I-N-F-R-É-Q-U-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui ne se reproduit pas souvent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how infréquent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il eût été contraire à son code de lire les lettres, d'ailleurs infréquentes que s'adressaient les deux femmes.
En premier lieu, il n’est pas infréquent qu’un dérivé construit avec ce suffixe renvoie non pas à une collection d’entités mais à une entité singulière.
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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.