insolite
\ɛ̃.sɔ.lit\
The verdict
“insolite” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,595. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,595
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui surprend parce qu’il sort de l’usage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-insolite · insolite · French
insolite · rank #12,595 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,595
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH infections
Nearest frequency peer: infections (-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 « insolite »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- imagerie
imagerie
87,409 corpus weight
- infections
infections
87,407 corpus weight
- insolite
insolite
87,406 corpus weight
- instantaném…
instantanément
87,405 corpus weight
- instauration
instauration
87,404 corpus weight
- insultant
insultant
87,403 corpus weight
What this shows « insolite » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insolite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.sɔ.lit\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « insolite »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around insolite (IPA \ɛ̃.sɔ.lit\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,595 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui surprend parce qu’il sort de l’usage.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for insolite, with forms such as "innsolite", "inoslite", and "insloite". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "insulte", "insuline", "insolites", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is insolite, spelled I-N-S-O-L-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Qui surprend parce qu’il sort de l’usage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how insolite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On n’eût point dit d’ailleurs, en le voyant, qu’il se passât quelque chose d’insolite par la ville, ni au Louvre ; il était vêtu avec son élégance ordinaire.
Pendant ce temps, Mathias s’est emparé d’un des nombreux instruments insolites qui décorent la scène : une lap steel guitar, qu’il caresse avec la douceur d’un tigre en rut et sous amphétamines.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- innsolite
- inoslite
- insloite
- insoilte
- insoliet
- insolitte
- insollite
- insoltie
- inssolite
- isnolite
- nisolite
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insolite - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).