insuffisant

\ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“insuffisant” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,235
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne suffit pas.

Corpus desk

Index FR-insuffisant · insuffisant · French

insuffisant · rank #11,235 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,235
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH instaurer

Nearest frequency peer: instaurer (-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 « insuffisant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « insuffisant » 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).

insuffisant vs insuffisante
92% similar
insuffisant vs insuffisants
92% similar
insuffisant vs insuffisantes
85% similar

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

Key facts for insuffisant
PropertyValue
Headwordinsuffisant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#11,235
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « insuffisant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).insuffisantse 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 « instaurer » (#11,234), « intersection » (#11,236), « initiales » (#11,233). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « insuffisant » est au #11,235. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around insuffisant (IPA \ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,235 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for insuffisant, with forms such as "innsuffisant", "insfufisant", and "inssuffisant". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "insuffisante", "insuffisants", "insuffisantes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is insuffisant, spelled I-N-S-U-F-F-I-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne suffit pas.
  2. 2
    Qui est inférieur, inapte pour telle ou telle chose, en parlant des personnes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une natalité insuffisante et, on va le voir, une mortalité trop forte se conjuguent pour marquer le déclin progressif de la population de ce département.
  2. Le pourghère étant une plante dont l’utilisation énergétique est récente (en 1990 au Mali), les informations agronomiques et socio-économiques restent encore insuffisantes.

This word in other languages

insufficient(English)escaso(Español)ungenügend(Deutsch)escasso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innsuffisant
  • insfufisant
  • inssuffisant
  • insuffiasnt
  • insuffisannt
  • insuffisantt
  • insuffisatn
  • insuffisnat
  • insuffissant
  • insuffsiant
  • insufifsant
  • insufisant
  • inusffisant
  • isnuffisant
  • nisuffisant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

innsuffisant1insfufisant2inssuffisant1insuffiasnt2insuffisannt1insuffisantt1insuffisatn2insuffisnat2
Edit distance from "insuffisant"

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 "insuffisant"?
"insuffisant" is spelled I-N-S-U-F-F-I-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃\.
What does "insuffisant" mean?
As an adjective, "insuffisant" means: Qui ne suffit pas.
What words are commonly confused with "insuffisant"?
"insuffisant" is commonly confused with "insuffisante", "insuffisants", "insuffisantes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "insuffisant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insuffisant" is \ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insuffisant" come from?
"insuffisant" 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 "insuffisant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

identitaire#11,231expérimenté#11,218multiplient#11,258Pétersbourg#11,280

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

leadership15 variantslourdement15 variantsdéclenche15 variantsconsciente15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list