inscrive
\ɛ̃s.kʁiv\
The verdict
“inscrive” is uncommon French (frequency #50,905 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,905
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de inscrire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inscrive · inscrive · French
inscrive · rank #50,905 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,905
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inondent
Nearest frequency peer: inondent (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « inscrive »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- inepte
inepte
49,099 corpus weight
- inoffensives
inoffensives
49,098 corpus weight
- inondent
inondent
49,097 corpus weight
- inscrive
inscrive
49,096 corpus weight
- insinues
insinues
49,095 corpus weight
- intergouver…
intergouvernementale
49,094 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inscrive » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inscrive |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛ̃s.kʁiv\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,905 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inscrive » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inscrive is uncommon French at frequency #50,905 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃s.kʁiv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for inscrive in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is inscrive, spelled I-N-S-C-R-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de inscrire.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de inscrire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inscrive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans une ambiance de corrida, les Bleus ont appuyé jusqu’au bout : Danty, Ollivon, Flament, Bielle-Biarrey et Couilloud se mêlant à la fête, avant que Jaminet n’inscrive l’essai du record all time des Bleus en Coupe du monde.
Les perceptions toutes faites, les mots et les idées, l’image de soi et du monde, bref l’ensemble des préjugés doivent se dé-lier, se dé-nouer, se dédire, se dé-lire, se dé-signifier, pour que l’homme s’inscrive dans une continue auto-invention de soi et du monde, pour ensuite re-lier, re-nouer, re-dire, relire, re-signifier.
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.
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