inquiet

\ɛ̃.kjɛ\

/\ɛ̃.kjɛ\/ adj

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The verdict

“inquiet” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,979. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,979
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En parlant d'une émotion ou d'une activité, qui prive du repos moral ou psychologique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inquiet · inquiet · French

inquiet · rank #7,979 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,979
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH influences

Nearest frequency peer: influences (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « inquiet »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « inquiet » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

inquiet vs inuit
71% similar
inquiet vs inquiète
75% similar
inquiet vs inquiets
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for inquiet
PropertyValue
Headwordinquiet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.kjɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,979
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « inquiet »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.inquietse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « influences » (#7,978), « inspirée » (#7,980), « indications » (#7,977). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inquiet » est au #7,979. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around inquiet (IPA \ɛ̃.kjɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,979 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for inquiet, with forms such as "innquiet", "inqiuet", and "inqquiet". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "inuit", "inquiète", "inquiets", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is inquiet, spelled I-N-Q-U-I-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    En parlant d'une émotion ou d'une activité, qui prive du repos moral ou psychologique.
  2. 2
    En parlant d'une personne, qui ne connaît pas le repos moral ou psychologique.
  3. 3
    Qui craint un événement malheureux.
  4. 4
    Qui n’est jamais content de la situation, de l’état où il se trouve, et qui désire toujours quelque changement.
  5. 5
    Qui ne trouve pas le repos physique.
  6. 6
    Qualifie un sommeil qui est souvent interrompu et qui est troublé par quelque cause physique ou morale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a l’humeur inquiète.
  2. Il est d’humeur inquiète.

Synonyms

soucieux

Antonyms

rassuré

This word in other languages

worried(English)cuidadoso(Español)besorgt(Deutsch)ansioso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innquiet
  • inqiuet
  • inqquiet
  • inqueit
  • inquiett
  • inquite
  • inuqiet
  • iqnuiet
  • niquiet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inquiet - 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.

innquiet1inqiuet2inqquiet1inqueit2inquiett1inquite2inuqiet2iqnuiet2
Edit distance from "inquiet"

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 "inquiet"?
"inquiet" is spelled I-N-Q-U-I-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kjɛ\.
What does "inquiet" mean?
As an adjective, "inquiet" means: En parlant d'une émotion ou d'une activité, qui prive du repos moral ou psychologique.
What words are commonly confused with "inquiet"?
"inquiet" is commonly confused with "inuit", "inquiète", "inquiets". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inquiet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inquiet" is \ɛ̃.kjɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inquiet" come from?
"inquiet" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

imposée#7,976habiter#7,969grenade#7,968martine#7,991

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Juliette9 variantshumble9 variantsfilmer9 variantsNigeria9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list