inheritance
\ɪnˈhɛɹ.ɪ.təns\
The verdict
“inheritance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Héritage, patrimoine.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inheritance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɪnˈhɛɹ.ɪ.təns\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “inheritance” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
inheritance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɪnˈhɛɹ.ɪ.təns\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
inheritance doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is inheritance, spelled I-N-H-E-R-I-T-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Héritage, patrimoine.
- 2Héritage.
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.
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Using “inheritance”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-H-E-R-I-T-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɪnˈhɛɹ.ɪ.təns\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.