inslaan

verb

The verdict

“inslaan” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ficher, enfoncer, frapper.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inslaan · inslaan · French

inslaan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for inslaan
PropertyValue
Headwordinslaan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « inslaan » en français

inslaanreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

inslaan is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

inslaan has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 inslaan, spelled I-N-S-L-A-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ficher, enfoncer, frapper.
  2. 2
    Briser.
  3. 3
    Faire provision (de)
  4. 4
    Tomber.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. een spijker inslaan
  2. een ruit inslaan

Synonyms

slaanindrijvenbrekenstukslaankapotslaankapotmakenkopenverwervenhamsteren

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inslaan"?
"inslaan" is spelled I-N-S-L-A-A-N.
What does "inslaan" mean?
As a verb, "inslaan" means: Ficher, enfoncer, frapper.
What language does "inslaan" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list