ingênuo
\ĩ.ʒˈɛ.nwu\
The verdict
“ingênuo” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Naïf.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ingenuo · ingênuo · French
ingênuo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | ingênuo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ĩ.ʒˈɛ.nwu\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “ingênuo” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
ingênuo is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ĩ.ʒˈɛ.nwu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Naïf.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ingênuo, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ingênuo, spelled I-N-G-Ê-N-U-O.
Definition
- 1Naïf.
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