inscrive
\ɛ̃s.kʁiv\
The verdict
“inscrive” is uncommon French (frequency #50,905 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,905
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de inscrire.
| 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) |
Where “inscrive” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
inscrive is uncommon French at frequency #50,905 among 142,603 “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.
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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Using “inscrive”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-S-C-R-I-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃s.kʁiv\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.