insensées

\ɛ̃.sɑ̃.se\

/\ɛ̃.sɑ̃.se\/ adj

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The verdict

“insensées” is uncommon French (frequency #50,299 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,299
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de insensé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-insensees · insensées · French

insensées · rank #50,299 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,299
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH ino

Nearest frequency peer: ino (-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 « insensées »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « insensées » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for insensées
PropertyValue
Headwordinsensées
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.sɑ̃.se\
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,299
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « insensées » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.insenséestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « ino » (#50,298), « insondable » (#50,300), « Innsbruck » (#50,297). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « insensées » est au #50,299. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

insensées is uncommon French at frequency #50,299 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de insensé.".

insensées has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is insensées, spelled I-N-S-E-N-S-É-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de insensé.

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 "insensées"?
"insensées" is spelled I-N-S-E-N-S-É-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.se\.
What does "insensées" mean?
As an adjective, "insensées" means: Féminin pluriel de insensé.
How do you pronounce "insensées"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insensées" is \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insensées" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Innsbruck#50,297injectant#50,296inclinées#50,287inchangés#50,286

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list