Inuits

Name: Inuits, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\i.nwit\

/\i.nwit\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Inuits” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,105. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,105
frequency rank, French: 3,561
“I” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peuple vivant dans l’Arctique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inuits · Inuits · French

Inuits · rank #35,105 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

FREQ-MID #35,105
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 3,561
PHOTO-FINISH intégriste

Nearest frequency peer: intégriste (-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.

interactifs

64,899
intitulés

64,898
intégriste

64,897
Inuits

64,896
inventant

64,895
inéligibili…

64,894

What this shows « Inuits » 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).

Inuits vs invite

50% similar

Inuits vs invités

57% similar

Inuits vs inuit

67% similar

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

Key facts for Inuits
Property	Value
Headword	Inuits
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\i.nwit\
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#35,105
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	11
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Inuits »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Inuitsse place ici:

#35,105

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « intégriste » (#35,104), « inventant » (#35,106), « intitulés » (#35,103). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « Inuits » est au #35,105. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Inuits (IPA \i.nwit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,105 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Peuple vivant dans l’Arctique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Inuits, with forms such as "iniuts", "innuits", and "inuist". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "invite", "invités", "inuit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Inuits, spelled I-N-U-I-T-S.

Definition

1
Peuple vivant dans l’Arctique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Chez les Inuits de l'Arctique canadien, les oiseaux contribuent à la subsistance dans une moindre mesure que les mammifères. Tant au Nunavut qu'au Nunavik, le phoque, le morse, le béluga, le narval, la baleine boréale, l'ours blanc, le caribou et le bœuf musqué sont les animaux les plus prisés. Les oies ne figurent peut-être pas au sommet du panthéon anim…

This word in other languages

Inuit(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

iniuts
innuits
inuist
inuitss
inuitts
inutis
iunits
niuits

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Inuits - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "Inuits"

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 "Inuits"?

"Inuits" is spelled I-N-U-I-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \i.nwit\.

What does "Inuits" mean?

As a noun, "Inuits" means: Peuple vivant dans l’Arctique.

What words are commonly confused with "Inuits"?

"Inuits" is commonly confused with "invite", "invités", "inuit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Inuits"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Inuits" is \i.nwit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Inuits" come from?

"Inuits" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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