ingérence

\ɛ̃.ʒe.ʁɑ̃s\

/\ɛ̃.ʒe.ʁɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“ingérence” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,393. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,393
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de s’ingérer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ingerence · ingérence · French

ingérence · rank #16,393 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,393
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH Indiana

Nearest frequency peer: Indiana (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ingérence »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ingérence » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ingérence vs inhérente
78% similar
ingérence vs indécence
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ingérence
PropertyValue
Headwordingérence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.ʒe.ʁɑ̃s\
Letters9
Frequency rank#16,393
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ingérence »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ingérencese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Indiana » (#16,392), « inspirées » (#16,394), « incomparable » (#16,391). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « ingérence » est au #16,393. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around ingérence (IPA \ɛ̃.ʒe.ʁɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,393 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de s’ingérer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for ingérence, with forms such as "ignérence", "ingerence", and "inggérence". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "inhérente", "indécence", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ingérence, spelled I-N-G-É-R-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de s’ingérer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette mainmise sur la liberté d'autrui, cette ingérence dans ses pensées et ses actions l'étonnaient désagréablement...
  2. Mais à cause des évangélistes radicaux, l'influence du christianisme était maintenant perçue par les ultranationalistes hindous comme une ingérence étrangère et une menace pour la nature hindoue de leur pays.

This word in other languages

interference(English)injerencia(Español)Einmischung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ignérence
  • ingerence
  • inggérence
  • ingréence
  • ingéernce
  • ingérecne
  • ingérencce
  • ingérenec
  • ingérennce
  • ingérnece
  • ingérrence
  • inngérence
  • inégrence
  • nigérence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ingérence - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ignérence2ingerence1inggérence1ingréence2ingéernce2ingérecne2ingérencce1ingérenec2
Edit distance from "ingérence"

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 "ingérence"?
"ingérence" is spelled I-N-G-É-R-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.ʒe.ʁɑ̃s\.
What does "ingérence" mean?
As a noun, "ingérence" means: Action de s’ingérer.
What words are commonly confused with "ingérence"?
"ingérence" is commonly confused with "inhérente", "indécence". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ingérence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ingérence" is \ɛ̃.ʒe.ʁɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ingérence" come from?
"ingérence" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inspirées#16,394imprimeur#16,389irruption#16,398illustrée#16,386

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

longévité14 variantshabillement14 variantsnégociant14 variantsdénonçant14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list