ingère

\ɛ̃.ʒɛʁ\

/\ɛ̃.ʒɛʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“ingère” is uncommon French (frequency #64,533 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,533
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ingérer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ingere · ingère · French

ingère · rank #64,533 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,533
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inhaler

Nearest frequency peer: inhaler (+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 « ingère »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ingère » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ingère
PropertyValue
Headwordingère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.ʒɛʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,533
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ingère » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ingèretombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « inhaler » (#64,534), « informons » (#64,531), « infaisable » (#64,530). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « ingère » est au #64,533. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ingère is uncommon French at frequency #64,533 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.ʒɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ingère, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented 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 ingère, spelled I-N-G-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ingérer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ingérer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ingérer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ingérer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de ingérer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Par conséquent, si le médicament est excessivement divisé, il peut se globuliser dans le sang, et, si on l’ingère au moment du repas, il peut se mêler au chyme et lui associer les éléments réparateurs de l’économie.

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 "ingère"?
"ingère" is spelled I-N-G-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.ʒɛʁ\.
What does "ingère" mean?
As a verb, "ingère" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ingérer.
How do you pronounce "ingère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ingère" is \ɛ̃.ʒɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ingère" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list