inspection
French, noun/ɛ̃s.pɛk.sjɔ̃/
inspection is spelled I-N-S-P-E-C-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,181st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inspection is a French feminine noun meaning “inspection (act of examining something, often closely)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’examiner avec attention ; observation”.
What does inspection mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinspection (act of examining something, often closely)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’examiner avec attention ; observation. 2. Action d’examiner avec soin ce qu’on a la fonction de surveiller. 3. Fonction d’inspecteur. 4. Endroit où sont les bureaux de celui qui remplit cette fonction.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of inspection
- inspections plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inspection?
- /ɛ̃s.pɛk.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃s.pɛk.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inspection
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inspection in French?
inspection appears 11 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).