inscription

\ɛ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“inscription” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,931. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,931
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’inscrire, résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inscription · inscription · French

inscription · rank #2,931 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,931
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH henry

Nearest frequency peer: henry (-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 « inscription »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « inscription » 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).

inscription vs inscriptions
92% similar

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

Key facts for inscription
PropertyValue
Headwordinscription
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#2,931
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « inscription »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).inscriptionse 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 « henry » (#2,930), « ira » (#2,932), « fêtes » (#2,929). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inscription » est au #2,931. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around inscription (IPA \ɛ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,931 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for inscription, with forms such as "incsription", "innscription", and "insccription". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "inscriptions", 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is inscription, spelled I-N-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’inscrire, résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Action d’inscrire, résultat de cette action.
  3. 3
    Fait d’être inscrit sur les registres d’une faculté en vue de passer tel ou tel examen.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Inscription de faux ou en faux, en termes de procédure, acte par lequel on soutient en justice qu’un pièce de la partie adverse est fausse ou falsifiée.
  2. Si vous allez tous les ans me donner du travail comme ça et des inscriptions à faire au registre des naissances, je serai obligé de demander à la commune une augmentation.

Antonyms

ininscription

This word in other languages

inscription(English)Anmeldung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • incsription
  • innscription
  • insccription
  • inscirption
  • inscripiton
  • inscripption
  • inscriptino
  • inscriptionn
  • inscriptoin
  • inscripttion
  • inscritpion
  • inscrpition
  • inscrription
  • insrciption
  • insscription
  • isncription
  • niscription

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inscription - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

incsription2innscription1insccription1inscirption2inscripiton2inscripption1inscriptino2inscriptionn1
Edit distance from "inscription"

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 "inscription"?
"inscription" is spelled I-N-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\.
What does "inscription" mean?
As a noun, "inscription" means: Action d’inscrire, résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "inscription"?
"inscription" is commonly confused with "inscriptions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inscription"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inscription" is \ɛ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inscription" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

explication#2,921destination#2,918comparaison#2,912obligatoire#2,888

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

alimentation17 variantsdisponibles17 variantsamélioration17 variantsperspective17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list