inorganique

\i.nɔʁ.ɡa.nik\

/\i.nɔʁ.ɡa.nik\/ adj

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The verdict

“inorganique” is uncommon French (frequency #54,032 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,032
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie les corps qui ne sont pas organisés et qui ne peuvent s’accroître que par juxtaposition, tels que les minéraux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inorganique · inorganique · French

inorganique · rank #54,032 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,032
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inodore

Nearest frequency peer: inodore (-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 « inorganique »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inorganique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for inorganique
PropertyValue
Headwordinorganique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i.nɔʁ.ɡa.nik\
Letters11
Frequency rank#54,032
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « inorganique » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.inorganiquetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « inodore » (#54,031), « inscrira » (#54,034), « injoignable » (#54,029). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inorganique » est au #54,032. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

inorganique is uncommon French at frequency #54,032 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.nɔʁ.ɡa.nik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for inorganique, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is inorganique, spelled I-N-O-R-G-A-N-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie les corps qui ne sont pas organisés et qui ne peuvent s’accroître que par juxtaposition, tels que les minéraux.
  2. 2
    Désigne la chimie liée aux molécules qui n'ont pas une chaîne carbonée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how inorganique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La nature physico-chimique et les degrés de l’animalité, de la végétabilité et de la sidéralité, qui forment le fond de la constitution organique, suborganique ou inorganique des trois principales sortes d’individualités naturelles, sont, jusqu’à ce jour, des mystères que la chimie et la physique organiques et inorganiques n’ont point encore pu parvenir à…
  2. C’est encore plus vrai du corail qui synthétise sa propre matière à partir d’éléments inorganiques comme les végétaux, mais aussi à partir de matière organique comme les animaux.

Antonyms

organique

This word in other languages

inorganic(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inorganique"?
"inorganique" is spelled I-N-O-R-G-A-N-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.nɔʁ.ɡa.nik\.
What does "inorganique" mean?
As an adjective, "inorganique" means: Qualifie les corps qui ne sont pas organisés et qui ne peuvent s’accroître que par juxtaposition, tels que les minéraux.
How do you pronounce "inorganique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inorganique" is \i.nɔʁ.ɡa.nik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "inorganique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

injoignable#54,029interstices#54,041incubateurs#54,021inclassable#54,019

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list