inhumain

adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,356

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

inhumain is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est d’une cruauté excessive. Often confused with inhumains and inhumaine.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of inhumain in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for inhumain is 8 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #21,356 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for inhumain, with forms such as "ihnumain", "inhhumain", and "inhmuain". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is inhumain, spelled I-N-H-U-M-A-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ihnumain,inhhumain,inhmuain,inhuamin,inhumainn,inhumani,inhumian,inhummain,innhumain,inuhmain,nihumain

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for inhumain

Misspelling Variants of "inhumain"

ihnumain8inhhumain9inhmuain8inhuamin8inhumainn9inhumani8inhumian8inhummain9
Misspelling Variants of "inhumain"

Frequency rank: #21,356 in French

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 adj, "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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.