inhospitalier
\i.nɔs.pi.ta.lje\
The verdict
“inhospitalier” is uncommon French (frequency #77,614 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,614
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas hospitalier, qui n’exerce pas l’hospitalité, qui est inhumain envers les étrangers.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inhospitalier · inhospitalier · French
inhospitalier · rank #77,614 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,614
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inouïs
Nearest frequency peer: inouïs (+2 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 « inhospitalier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- infiltrant
infiltrant
22,391 corpus weight
- infographis…
infographiste
22,390 corpus weight
- inhospitali…
inhospitalier
22,387 corpus weight
- inouïs
inouïs
22,385 corpus weight
- insolvables
insolvables
22,384 corpus weight
- insoupçonnés
insoupçonnés
22,383 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inhospitalier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inhospitalier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.nɔs.pi.ta.lje\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #77,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inhospitalier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inhospitalier is uncommon French at frequency #77,614 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.nɔs.pi.ta.lje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’est pas hospitalier, qui n’exerce pas l’hospitalité, qui est inhumain envers les étrangers.".
Zero misspellings are on record for inhospitalier in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 inhospitalier, spelled I-N-H-O-S-P-I-T-A-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas hospitalier, qui n’exerce pas l’hospitalité, qui est inhumain envers les étrangers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inhospitalier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Irrité de ces préparatifs de la part de l’ermite, lesquels avaient évidemment pour objet d’appuyer ses intentions inhospitalières, le chevalier frappa la porte.
Autrefois, […], ces Bochjesmen, menteurs et inhospitaliers, ne recherchaient que le meurtre et le pillage, et profitaient habituellement du sommeil de leurs ennemis pour les massacrer.
This word in other languages
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.
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