insignifiant

\ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“insignifiant” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,763. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,763
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne signifie rien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-insignifiant · insignifiant · French

insignifiant · rank #20,763 · 18 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,763
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ingrid

Nearest frequency peer: Ingrid (-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 « insignifiant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « insignifiant » 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).

insignifiant vs insignifiante
92% similar
insignifiant vs insignifiants
92% similar
insignifiant vs insignifiantes
86% similar

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

Key facts for insignifiant
PropertyValue
Headwordinsignifiant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#20,763
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « insignifiant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).insignifiantse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Ingrid » (#20,762), « incompétent » (#20,761), « instruit » (#20,765). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « insignifiant » est au #20,763. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around insignifiant (IPA \ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,763 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for insignifiant, with forms such as "inisgnifiant", "innsignifiant", and "insginifiant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "insignifiante", "insignifiants", "insignifiantes", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is insignifiant, spelled I-N-S-I-G-N-I-F-I-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne signifie rien.
  2. 2
    Ce qui est sans importance ; ce qui est sans caractère, sans valeur.
  3. 3
    Qui n’a rien de remarquable.
  4. 4
    Bête, niais.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Thérèse l’entendait, anxieuse, la bouche entr’ouverte, dans l’effort douloureux de répondre des choses insignifiantes.
  2. Mme Surville n’a laissé sur son frère que quelques pages insignifiantes, une apologie froide, banale, où nous n’avons pas une seule note à prendre, pas un seul document à retenir.

Synonyms

inintéressantmineurnégligeablerare

This word in other languages

insignificant(English)insignificante(Español)unbedeutend(Deutsch)insignificante(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inisgnifiant
  • innsignifiant
  • insginifiant
  • insiggnifiant
  • insiginfiant
  • insignfiiant
  • insignifaint
  • insigniffiant
  • insignifiannt
  • insignifiantt
  • insignifiatn
  • insignifinat
  • insigniifant
  • insignnifiant
  • insingifiant
  • inssignifiant
  • isnignifiant
  • nisignifiant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insignifiant - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

inisgnifiant2innsignifiant1insginifiant2insiggnifiant1insiginfiant2insignfiiant2insignifaint2insigniffiant1
Edit distance from "insignifiant"

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 "insignifiant"?
"insignifiant" is spelled I-N-S-I-G-N-I-F-I-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjɑ̃\.
What does "insignifiant" mean?
As an adjective, "insignifiant" means: Qui ne signifie rien.
What words are commonly confused with "insignifiant"?
"insignifiant" is commonly confused with "insignifiante", "insignifiants", "insignifiantes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "insignifiant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insignifiant" is \ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insignifiant" come from?
"insignifiant" 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 "insignifiant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

incompétent18 variantscomprenaient18 variantssélectionnées18 variantséquivalentes18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list