inhumain

adj

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The verdict

“inhumain” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,356. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,356
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est d’une cruauté excessive.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inhumain · inhumain · French

inhumain · rank #21,356 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,356
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH infaillible

Nearest frequency peer: infaillible (-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 « inhumain »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « inhumain » 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).

inhumain vs inhumains
89% similar
inhumain vs inhumaine
89% similar
inhumain vs inhumation
80% similar

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

Key facts for inhumain
PropertyValue
Headwordinhumain
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,356
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « inhumain »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).inhumainse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « infaillible » (#21,355), « indemne » (#21,354), « instincts » (#21,358). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inhumain » est au #21,356. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around inhumain, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,356 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for inhumain, with forms such as "ihnumain", "inhhumain", and "inhmuain". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "inhumains", "inhumaine", "inhumation", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 inhumain, spelled I-N-H-U-M-A-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est d’une cruauté excessive.
  2. 2
    Qui n'est pas digne de la noblesse de l'homme.
  3. 3
    Qui dépasse ce qu'on rencontre généralement chez l'être humain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un tyran inhumain.
  2. Un maître inhumain.

Antonyms

humain

This word in other languages

inhuman(English)unmenschlich(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ihnumain
  • inhhumain
  • inhmuain
  • inhuamin
  • inhumainn
  • inhumani
  • inhumian
  • inhummain
  • innhumain
  • inuhmain
  • nihumain

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inhumain - 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.

ihnumain2inhhumain1inhmuain2inhuamin2inhumainn1inhumani2inhumian2inhummain1
Edit distance from "inhumain"

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 "inhumain"?
"inhumain" is spelled I-N-H-U-M-A-I-N.
What does "inhumain" mean?
As an adjective, "inhumain" means: Qui est d’une cruauté excessive.
What words are commonly confused with "inhumain"?
"inhumain" is commonly confused with "inhumains", "inhumaine", "inhumation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "inhumain" come from?
"inhumain" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list