insuffisantes

\ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃t\

/\ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃t\/ adj

The verdict

“insuffisantes” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,172. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,172
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de insuffisant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-insuffisantes · insuffisantes · French

insuffisantes · rank #20,172 · 18 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,172
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH insoutenable

Nearest frequency peer: insoutenable (-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 « insuffisantes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « insuffisantes » 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).

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

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

Key facts for insuffisantes
PropertyValue
Headwordinsuffisantes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃t\
Letters13
Frequency rank#20,172
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « insuffisantes »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).insuffisantesse 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 « insoutenable » (#20,171), « interpeller » (#20,173), « innovants » (#20,170). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « insuffisantes » est au #20,172. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around insuffisantes (IPA \ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃t\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,172 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de insuffisant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for insuffisantes, with forms such as "innsuffisantes", "insfufisantes", and "inssuffisantes". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "insuffisants", "insuffisant", "insuffisance", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 insuffisantes, spelled I-N-S-U-F-F-I-S-A-N-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de insuffisant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Toutes ces mesures sont insuffisantes, mais « je n’ai pas encore touché mon fond », comme le disent les AA, il faudra encore deux années de boisson pour qu’enfin je comprenne que je ne pourrai plus jamais boire, que si je persévère, je vais mourir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innsuffisantes
  • insfufisantes
  • inssuffisantes
  • insuffiasntes
  • insuffisanets
  • insuffisanntes
  • insuffisantess
  • insuffisantse
  • insuffisanttes
  • insuffisatnes
  • insuffisnates
  • insuffissantes
  • insuffsiantes
  • insufifsantes
  • insufisantes
  • inusffisantes
  • isnuffisantes
  • nisuffisantes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insuffisantes - 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.

innsuffisantes1insfufisantes2inssuffisantes1insuffiasntes2insuffisanets2insuffisanntes1insuffisantess1insuffisantse2
Edit distance from "insuffisantes"

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 "insuffisantes"?
"insuffisantes" is spelled I-N-S-U-F-F-I-S-A-N-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃t\.
What does "insuffisantes" mean?
As an adjective, "insuffisantes" means: Féminin pluriel de insuffisant.
What words are commonly confused with "insuffisantes"?
"insuffisantes" is commonly confused with "insuffisants", "insuffisant", "insuffisance". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "insuffisantes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insuffisantes" is \ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insuffisantes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list