insécure
\ɛ̃.se.kyʁ\
The verdict
“insécure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qui n’est pas accompagné d’un sentiment de sécurité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-insecure · insécure · French
insécure · 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 | insécure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.se.kyʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
insécure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.se.kyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’est pas accompagné d’un sentiment de sécurité.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for insécure, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is insécure, spelled I-N-S-É-C-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas accompagné d’un sentiment de sécurité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how insécure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sa page Wikipédia est typique des gens insécures, qui la rédigent eux-mêmes, en perdant la décence de vue
Elle me touche et m'émeut, sans que je sache pourquoi. La tristesse dans ses yeux. La façon insécure qu'elle a de se mouvoir, s'accrochant au caddie comme les vieux à leur canne.
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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.