insensés

\ɛ̃.sɑ̃.se\

/\ɛ̃.sɑ̃.se\/ adj

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The verdict

“insensés” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,396. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,396
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-insenses · insensés · French

insensés · rank #47,396 · 12 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,396
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH initiations

Nearest frequency peer: initiations (-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 « insensés »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « insensés » 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).

insensés vs intense
63% similar
insensés vs insérés
63% similar
insensés vs intenses
75% similar

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

Key facts for insensés
PropertyValue
Headwordinsensés
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.sɑ̃.se\
Letters8
Frequency rank#47,396
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « insensés »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.insensésse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « initiations » (#47,395), « insubordination » (#47,397), « individualisé » (#47,394). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « insensés » est au #47,396. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around insensés (IPA \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.se\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,396 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de insensé.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for insensés, with forms such as "inesnsés", "innsensés", and "insennsés". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "intense", "insérés", "intenses", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 insensés, spelled I-N-S-E-N-S-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de insensé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vous relevez certains défis insensés dans le domaine professionnel.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inesnsés
  • innsensés
  • insennsés
  • insenses
  • insenssés
  • insenséss
  • insenéss
  • insesnés
  • insnesés
  • inssensés
  • isnensés
  • nisensés

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insensés - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

inesnsés2innsensés1insennsés1insenses1insenssés1insenséss1insenéss2insesnés2
Edit distance from "insensés"

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 "insensés"?
"insensés" is spelled I-N-S-E-N-S-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.se\.
What does "insensés" mean?
As an adjective, "insensés" means: Masculin pluriel de insensé.
What words are commonly confused with "insensés"?
"insensés" is commonly confused with "intense", "insérés", "intenses". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "insensés"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insensés" 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 "insensés" come from?
"insensés" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

isolants#47,401Iglesias#47,387Kirchner#47,409Kirkland#47,410

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

jugulaire12 variantshilarité12 variantsgrenache12 variantsmalsains12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list