insuffisante
\ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃t\
The verdict
“insuffisante” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,988. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,988
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de insuffisant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-insuffisante · insuffisante · French
insuffisante · rank #12,988 · 16 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,988
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH insu
Nearest frequency peer: insu (-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 « insuffisante »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- incarnation
incarnation
87,016 corpus weight
- inspirant
inspirant
87,015 corpus weight
- insu
insu
87,014 corpus weight
- insuffisante
insuffisante
87,013 corpus weight
- insurgés
insurgés
87,012 corpus weight
- interactive
interactive
87,011 corpus weight
What this shows « insuffisante » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insuffisante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #12,988 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « insuffisante »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around insuffisante (IPA \ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃t\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,988 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de insuffisant.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for insuffisante, with forms such as "innsuffisante", "insfufisante", and "inssuffisante". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "insuffisants", "insuffisantes", "insuffisant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is insuffisante, spelled I-N-S-U-F-F-I-S-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de insuffisant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how insuffisante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais quand on se trouve en présence de dyspeptiques qui sans se désalimenter complètement ne font que se nourrir depuis longtemps de manière insuffisante, nous pensons qu’il y a intérêt à agir de tout autre manière.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- innsuffisante
- insfufisante
- inssuffisante
- insuffiasnte
- insuffisanet
- insuffisannte
- insuffisantte
- insuffisatne
- insuffisnate
- insuffissante
- insuffsiante
- insufifsante
- insufisante
- inusffisante
- isnuffisante
- nisuffisante
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insuffisante - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).