insolent

/\ɛ̃.sɔ.lɑ̃\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,905

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

insolent is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui s'oppose à son supérieur, hiérarchique ou autre, de façon moqueuse ; qui perd le respect à force d’effronterie ou de hardiesse excessive. Pronounced \ɛ̃.sɔ.lɑ̃\. Often confused with isolant and insolente.

Key facts for insolent
PropertyValue
Headwordinsolent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ɛ̃.sɔ.lɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,905
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of insolent in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for insolent is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.sɔ.lɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,905 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for insolent, with forms such as "innsolent", "inoslent", and "insloent". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "isolant", "insolente", "insultent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is insolent, spelled I-N-S-O-L-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui s'oppose à son supérieur, hiérarchique ou autre, de façon moqueuse ; qui perd le respect à force d’effronterie ou de hardiesse excessive.
  2. 2
    Celui qui offense la modestie, la pudeur, qui manque aux égards, aux convenances.
  3. 3
    Qui en use avec orgueil, avec dureté.
  4. 4
    Insolite. On dit encore « bonheur insolent », « fortune insolente », « chance insolente », en parlant d’un bonheur, d’une fortune, d’une chance extraordinaire.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innsolent,inoslent,insloent,insoelnt,insolennt,insolentt,insoletn,insollent,insolnet,inssolent,isnolent,nisolent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for insolent

Misspelling Variants of "insolent"

innsolent9inoslent8insloent8insoelnt8insolennt9insolentt9insoletn8insollent9
Misspelling Variants of "insolent"

Frequency rank: #23,905 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "insolent"?
"insolent" is spelled I-N-S-O-L-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.sɔ.lɑ̃\.
What does "insolent" mean?
As an adj, "insolent" means: Qui s'oppose à son supérieur, hiérarchique ou autre, de façon moqueuse ; qui perd le respect à force d’effronterie ou de hardiesse excessive.
What words are commonly confused with "insolent"?
"insolent" is commonly confused with "isolant", "insolente", "insultent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "insolent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insolent" is \ɛ̃.sɔ.lɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insolent" come from?
"insolent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.