insubordination

\ɛ̃.sy.bɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.sy.bɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“insubordination” has 22 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,397. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,397
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
22
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Défaut de subordination, manquement à la subordination.

Corpus desk

Index FR-insubordination · insubordination · French

insubordination · rank #47,397 · 22 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,397
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 22 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH insensés

Nearest frequency peer: insensés (-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 « insubordination »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « insubordination » 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
Key facts for insubordination
PropertyValue
Headwordinsubordination
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.sy.bɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃\
Letters15
Frequency rank#47,397
Misspellings tracked22
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « insubordination »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).insubordinationse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « insensés » (#47,396), « interposés » (#47,398), « initiations » (#47,395). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « insubordination » est au #47,397. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 22 spelling variants around insubordination (IPA \ɛ̃.sy.bɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,397 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Défaut de subordination, manquement à la subordination.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for insubordination, with forms such as "innsubordination", "insbuordination", and "inssubordination". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 insubordination, spelled I-N-S-U-B-O-R-D-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Défaut de subordination, manquement à la subordination.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au nombre de ceux qui sont entraînés dans cet état d’insubordination, il y en a sans doute beaucoup qui veulent apporter quelque modération jusque dans leur licence, et d’autres peut-être qui regrettent d’être forcés de poursuivre un pareil métier.
  2. Peut-être aurait-il fallu qu'une main de fer pliât ces caractères qu'on avait élevés dans le culte de l'insubordination; on eut le tort de croire que l'indulgence porterait de meilleurs fruits.

This word in other languages

insubordination(English)Insubordination(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innsubordination
  • insbuordination
  • inssubordination
  • insubbordination
  • insubodrination
  • insuborddination
  • insubordiantion
  • insubordinaiton
  • insubordinatino
  • insubordinationn
  • insubordinatoin
  • insubordinattion
  • insubordinnation
  • insubordintaion
  • insubordniation
  • insuboridnation
  • insuborrdination
  • insubrodination
  • insuobrdination
  • inusbordination
  • isnubordination
  • nisubordination

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insubordination - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

innsubordination1insbuordination2inssubordination1insubbordination1insubodrination2insuborddination1insubordiantion2insubordinaiton2
Edit distance from "insubordination"

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 "insubordination"?
"insubordination" is spelled I-N-S-U-B-O-R-D-I-N-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.sy.bɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃\.
What does "insubordination" mean?
As a noun, "insubordination" means: Défaut de subordination, manquement à la subordination.
What are common misspellings of "insubordination"?
Common misspellings include "innsubordination", "insbuordination", "inssubordination", "insubbordination", "insubodrination". The correct spelling is "insubordination".
How do you pronounce "insubordination"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insubordination" is \ɛ̃.sy.bɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insubordination" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list