inquiètent
\ɛ̃.kjɛt\
The verdict
“inquiètent” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,653. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,653
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inquiéter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inquietent · inquiètent · French
inquiètent · rank #16,653 · 15 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,653
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 142,603
- PHOTO-FINISH innover
Nearest frequency peer: innover (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “inquiètent”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- indéfiniment
indéfiniment
83,352 corpus weight
- initier
initier
83,351 corpus weight
- initiés
initiés
83,350 corpus weight
- innover
innover
83,349 corpus weight
- inquiètent
inquiètent
83,348 corpus weight
- intempéries
intempéries
83,345 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “inquiètent” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inquiètent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kjɛt\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #16,653 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “inquiètent” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around inquiètent (IPA \ɛ̃.kjɛt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,653 among 142,603 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for inquiètent, with forms such as "innquiètent", "inqiuètent", and "inqquiètent". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "inquiéter", "inquiètes", "inquiétez", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is inquiètent, spelled I-N-Q-U-I-È-T-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inquiéter.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de inquiéter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how inquiètent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce noyau spirituel d’un mouvement qui court depuis les marches du Levant jusqu’à l’extrême Maghreb, le renouveau de la religion mahométane, de nos jours si frappant, le vient vigorer, corrigeant une crise de la foi par ailleurs sensible, due sans doute à la contagion de l’Occident, et dont s’inquiètent les maîtres de la pensée orthodoxe.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- innquiètent
- inqiuètent
- inqquiètent
- inquietent
- inquitèent
- inquièetnt
- inquiètennt
- inquiètentt
- inquiètetn
- inquiètnet
- inquièttent
- inquèitent
- inuqiètent
- iqnuiètent
- niquiètent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inquiètent - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "inquiètent", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.