insanité
\ɛ̃.sa.ni.te\
The verdict
“insanité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action ou parole qui dénote un manque de jugement, de bon sens.
Corpus desk
Index FR-insanite · insanité · French
insanité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insanité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.sa.ni.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « insanité » en français
Rare enough to double-check
insanité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.sa.ni.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
insanité has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is insanité, spelled I-N-S-A-N-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Action ou parole qui dénote un manque de jugement, de bon sens.
- 2État d'une personne proche de la folie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how insanité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La plaie qui ronge les cours, la courtisanerie les porte fatalement à une sorte d’insanité mentale. L’enthousiasme prédomine, et le jugement se trouble.
Té! Boudiou! s'écrie notre insupportable voisin qui n’a cessé de dire des insanités et de faire des calembours (et quels calembours, grands dieux!).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.