inique
\i.nik\
The verdict
“inique” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,947. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,947
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n'est pas juste, pas égal ; qui manque d’équité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inique · inique · French
inique · rank #42,947 · 7 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,947
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH infondées
Nearest frequency peer: infondées (-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 « inique »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- incontrôlab…
incontrôlables
57,057 corpus weight
- indissociab…
indissociables
57,056 corpus weight
- infondées
infondées
57,055 corpus weight
- inique
inique
57,054 corpus weight
- injectée
injectée
57,053 corpus weight
- INRIA
INRIA
57,052 corpus weight
What this shows « inique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.nik\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #42,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « inique »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around inique (IPA \i.nik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,947 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for inique, with forms such as "iinque", "iniqeu", and "iniqque". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "initie", "invoque", "insinue", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is inique, spelled I-N-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n'est pas juste, pas égal ; qui manque d’équité.
- 2Qui est injuste en parlant des personnes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La masse croit qu'elle souffre parce qu'elle subit une inique conséquence d'un passé qui était plein de violences, d'ignorance et de méchanceté.
Mais, à la longue, elle se vit contrainte de renoncer à ses méthodes iniques, parce que trop d'enquêtes s'étaient tournées à sa confusion.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iinque
- iniqeu
- iniqque
- iniuqe
- innique
- inqiue
- niique
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inique - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).