insoumission

\ɛ̃.su.mi.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.su.mi.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“insoumission” is uncommon French (frequency #54,657 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,657
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Comportement de ceux qui refusent une soumission.

Corpus desk

Index FR-insoumission · insoumission · French

insoumission · rank #54,657 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,657
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH insatisfaite

Nearest frequency peer: insatisfaite (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « insoumission »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « insoumission » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for insoumission
PropertyValue
Headwordinsoumission
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.su.mi.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#54,657
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « insoumission » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).insoumissiontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « insatisfaite » (#54,656), « inopportun » (#54,655), « inéligible » (#54,659). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « insoumission » est au #54,657. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

insoumission is uncommon French at frequency #54,657 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.su.mi.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for insoumission, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is insoumission, spelled I-N-S-O-U-M-I-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Comportement de ceux qui refusent une soumission.
  2. 2
    Acte d’un subordonné qui désobéit délibérément à un ordre légal.
  3. 3
    refus d'un militaire de rejoindre son unité dans les délais impartis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'individualisme libertaire, l'insoumission aux nécessités fondamentales d'une société la dissolvent.
  2. Si des membres du Congrès s’obstinent dans leur insoumission, une procédure pourrait être engagée pour les destituer. Vous pensez que j’exagère ?

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 "insoumission"?
"insoumission" is spelled I-N-S-O-U-M-I-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.su.mi.sjɔ̃\.
What does "insoumission" mean?
As a noun, "insoumission" means: Comportement de ceux qui refusent une soumission.
How do you pronounce "insoumission"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insoumission" is \ɛ̃.su.mi.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list