Inkompetenz
\ˈɪnkɔmpəˌtɛnt͡s\
The verdict
“Inkompetenz” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Incompétence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inkompetenz · Inkompetenz · French
Inkompetenz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Inkompetenz |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɪnkɔmpəˌtɛnt͡s\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Inkompetenz is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɪnkɔmpəˌtɛnt͡s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Incompétence.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Inkompetenz, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Inkompetenz, spelled I-N-K-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Incompétence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Inkompetenz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
(Le Pens) Rechtsextremismus, ihr demagogisches Programm und ihre offensichtliche Inkompetenz hat Macron die nötigen Wählerstimmen verschafft.
Wie schon im Frühjahr in den Vororten Kiews bietet die russische Armee der Weltöffentlichkeit erneut ein doppelt verstörendes Bild: frappierende menschliche Grausamkeit plus frappierende militärische Inkompetenz.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.