insolites

\ɛ̃.sɔ.lit\

/\ɛ̃.sɔ.lit\/ adj

The verdict

“insolites” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,665. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,665
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de insolite.

Corpus desk

Index FR-insolites · insolites · French

insolites · rank #21,665 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,665
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inscris

Nearest frequency peer: inscris (-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 « insolites »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « insolites » 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).

insolites vs insultes
78% similar
insolites vs insolite
89% similar
insolites vs inscrites
78% similar

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

Key facts for insolites
PropertyValue
Headwordinsolites
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.sɔ.lit\
Letters9
Frequency rank#21,665
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « insolites »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).insolitesse 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 « inscris » (#21,664), « instaure » (#21,666), « INRA » (#21,663). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « insolites » est au #21,665. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around insolites (IPA \ɛ̃.sɔ.lit\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,665 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de insolite.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for insolites, with forms such as "innsolites", "inoslites", and "insloites". 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, "insultes", "insolite", "inscrites", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is insolites, spelled I-N-S-O-L-I-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de insolite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innsolites
  • inoslites
  • insloites
  • insoiltes
  • insoliets
  • insolitess
  • insolitse
  • insolittes
  • insollites
  • insolties
  • inssolites
  • isnolites
  • nisolites

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insolites - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

innsolites1inoslites2insloites2insoiltes2insoliets2insolitess1insolitse2insolittes1
Edit distance from "insolites"

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 "insolites"?
"insolites" is spelled I-N-S-O-L-I-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.sɔ.lit\.
What does "insolites" mean?
As an adjective, "insolites" means: Pluriel de insolite.
What words are commonly confused with "insolites"?
"insolites" is commonly confused with "insultes", "insolite", "inscrites". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "insolites"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insolites" is \ɛ̃.sɔ.lit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insolites" come from?
"insolites" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list