insuffisance
French, noun/ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃s/
insuffisance is spelled I-N-S-U-F-F-I-S-A-N-C-E (12 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written French, the 10,294th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insuffisance is a French feminine noun meaning “shortfall; shortcoming; insufficiency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État de ce qui est insuffisant”.
What does insuffisance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshortfall; shortcoming; insufficiency
Near-synonym: défaut
- 2
femininefailure (condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life)
insuffisance rénale
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État de ce qui est insuffisant. 2. Infériorité, inaptitude, de certaines personnes pour certaines choses. 3. Dysfonctionnement.
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 insuffisance
- insuffisances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce insuffisance?
- /ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃s/
- \ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃s\
- [ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to insuffisance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is insuffisance in French?
insuffisance appears 5.6 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).