s’incruster
\s‿ɛ̃.kʁys.te\
The verdict
“s’incruster” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adhérer fortement à la surface d’une autre chose, font corps avec elle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-incruster · s’incruster · French
s’incruster · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | s’incruster |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿ɛ̃.kʁys.te\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « s’incruster » en français
Rare enough to double-check
s’incruster is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿ɛ̃.kʁys.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for s’incruster in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is s’incruster, spelled S-’-I-N-C-R-U-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Adhérer fortement à la surface d’une autre chose, font corps avec elle.
- 2S’installer, sans gêne, dans un lieu où l'on est indésirable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how s’incruster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les tuyaux s’incrustent de stalactites. — Ce coquillage s’est profondément incrusté dans la pierre.
— Entre ce bouillon à prix fixe et l'entrée des Folies, s'incrustait un établissement dénommé le Moulin de la Gaîté.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.