insidieuse

\ɛ̃.si.djøz\

/\ɛ̃.si.djøz\/ adj

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The verdict

“insidieuse” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,966. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,966
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-insidieuse · insidieuse · French

insidieuse · rank #47,966 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #47,966
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inondables

Nearest frequency peer: inondables (-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 « insidieuse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « insidieuse » 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).

insidieuse vs insidieux
80% similar

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

Key facts for insidieuse
PropertyValue
Headwordinsidieuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.si.djøz\
Letters10
Frequency rank#47,966
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « insidieuse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).insidieusese 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 « inondables » (#47,965), « inhabitée » (#47,964), « institutionnalisation » (#47,968). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « insidieuse » est au #47,966. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around insidieuse (IPA \ɛ̃.si.djøz\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,966 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de insidieux.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for insidieuse, with forms such as "inisdieuse", "innsidieuse", and "insdiieuse". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "insidieux", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is insidieuse, spelled I-N-S-I-D-I-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de insidieux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inisdieuse
  • innsidieuse
  • insdiieuse
  • insiddieuse
  • insideiuse
  • insidiesue
  • insidieues
  • insidieusse
  • insidiuese
  • insiideuse
  • inssidieuse
  • isnidieuse
  • nisidieuse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insidieuse - 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.

inisdieuse2innsidieuse1insdiieuse2insiddieuse1insideiuse2insidiesue2insidieues2insidieusse1
Edit distance from "insidieuse"

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 "insidieuse"?
"insidieuse" is spelled I-N-S-I-D-I-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.si.djøz\.
What does "insidieuse" mean?
As an adjective, "insidieuse" means: Féminin singulier de insidieux.
What words are commonly confused with "insidieuse"?
"insidieuse" is commonly confused with "insidieux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "insidieuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insidieuse" is \ɛ̃.si.djøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insidieuse" come from?
"insidieuse" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inondables#47,965inconduite#47,959introverti#47,973inadéquate#47,956

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

inhabitée13 variantsinterpose13 variantsinculture13 variantshormonale13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list