inopportune
\i.nɔ.pɔʁ.tyn\
The verdict
“inopportune” is uncommon French (frequency #68,368 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,368
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de inopportun.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inopportune · inopportune · French
inopportune · rank #68,368 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,368
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH injectées
Nearest frequency peer: injectées (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « inopportune »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- infestées
infestées
31,636 corpus weight
- injectées
injectées
31,634 corpus weight
- inopportune
inopportune
31,633 corpus weight
- instaurés
instaurés
31,632 corpus weight
- internation…
internationalistes
31,631 corpus weight
- intitulait
intitulait
31,630 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inopportune » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inopportune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.nɔ.pɔʁ.tyn\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #68,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inopportune » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inopportune is uncommon French at frequency #68,368 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.nɔ.pɔʁ.tyn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de inopportun.".
No misspelling variants are generated for inopportune in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 inopportune, spelled I-N-O-P-P-O-R-T-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de inopportun.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how inopportune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je regagnai l’appartement sans autre rencontre inopportune et me précipitai dans le salon, posant le sac sur le canapé et le dézippant précautionneusement.
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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