inquiétant

\ɛ̃.kje.tɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.kje.tɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“inquiétant” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,868. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,868
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui cause de l’inquiétude.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inquietant · inquiétant · French

inquiétant · rank #8,868 · 15 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,868
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH infiniment

Nearest frequency peer: infiniment (-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 « inquiétant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « inquiétant » 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).

inquiétant vs inquiètent
80% similar
inquiétant vs inquiétante
91% similar
inquiétant vs inquiétants
91% similar

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

Key facts for inquiétant
PropertyValue
Headwordinquiétant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.kje.tɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#8,868
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « inquiétant »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « infiniment » (#8,867), « intéressée » (#8,869), « indépendamment » (#8,866). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inquiétant » est au #8,868. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around inquiétant (IPA \ɛ̃.kje.tɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,868 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui cause de l’inquiétude.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for inquiétant, with forms such as "innquiétant", "inqiuétant", and "inqquiétant". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "inquiètent", "inquiétante", "inquiétants", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is inquiétant, spelled I-N-Q-U-I-É-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui cause de l’inquiétude.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les abbayes et les monastères, étaient à cette époque, « cavernes de voleurs, lieux de dissolution » ; les abus devenaient tellement criants, les désordres prenaient des proportions si inquiétantes, qu’à tout prix il fallait y mettre un terme.
  2. Le coucher de soleil est d’un gris inquiétant et de gros nuages noirs s’accumulent vers l’occident.

Synonyms

angoissantflippantcreepy

This word in other languages

worrying(English)besorgniserregend(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innquiétant
  • inqiuétant
  • inqquiétant
  • inquietant
  • inquitéant
  • inquiéatnt
  • inquiétannt
  • inquiétantt
  • inquiétatn
  • inquiétnat
  • inquiéttant
  • inquéitant
  • inuqiétant
  • iqnuiétant
  • niquiétant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inquiétant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

innquiétant1inqiuétant2inqquiétant1inquietant1inquitéant2inquiéatnt2inquiétannt1inquiétantt1
Edit distance from "inquiétant"

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 "inquiétant"?
"inquiétant" is spelled I-N-Q-U-I-É-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kje.tɑ̃\.
What does "inquiétant" mean?
As an adjective, "inquiétant" means: Qui cause de l’inquiétude.
What words are commonly confused with "inquiétant"?
"inquiétant" is commonly confused with "inquiètent", "inquiétante", "inquiétants". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inquiétant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inquiétant" is \ɛ̃.kje.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inquiétant" come from?
"inquiétant" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

infiniment#8,867intéressée#8,869indemnités#8,865imprimerie#8,863

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

extinction15 variantsexistantes15 variantsdemandeurs15 variantsPhilippines15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list