injecter
\ɛ̃.ʒɛk.te\
The verdict
“injecter” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #19,319 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #19,319
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Introduire un liquide dans l’organisme par le moyen d’une seringue ou de tout autre instrument, en parlant du liquide comme de la partie dans laquelle se fait l'injection.
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 | injecter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.ʒɛk.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,319 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “injecter” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for injecter is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.ʒɛk.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,319 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for injecter, with forms such as "ijnecter", "inejcter", and "injceter". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "insecte", "insectes", "inventer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is injecter, spelled I-N-J-E-C-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Introduire un liquide dans l’organisme par le moyen d’une seringue ou de tout autre instrument, en parlant du liquide comme de la partie dans laquelle se fait l'injection.
- 2Introduire une matière colorée, ou du mercure, dans les vaisseaux d’un cadavre, soit pour le conserver, soit pour rendre ces parties plus apparentes et pour en faciliter la dissection.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ijnecter,inejcter,injceter,injeccter,injecetr,injecterr,injectre,injectter,injetcer,injjecter,innjecter,nijecter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of injecter - 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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Using “injecter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-J-E-C-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.ʒɛk.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “insecte” - see the side-by-side comparison. injecter vs insecte
- 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.