inoccupation
\i.nɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“inoccupation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État d’une personne inoccupée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inoccupation · inoccupation · French
inoccupation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | inoccupation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.nɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inoccupation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inoccupation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.nɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for inoccupation, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 inoccupation, spelled I-N-O-C-C-U-P-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1État d’une personne inoccupée.
- 2Situation d’un logement, d’un local vide, inoccupé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how inoccupation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« L’an dernier, affirme-t-elle, il y a eu plus de 200 familles au Québec, dont une centaine à Montréal, qui se sont retrouvées sans logement au 1ᵉʳ juillet. Cette année, la situation s’annonçait déjà encore pire, avec des taux d’inoccupation des logements qui n’ont jamais été aussi bas en 15 ans », selon des données publiées par la Société canadienne d’hy…
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.