inconsolable
"inconsolable" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inconsolable” is an uncommon English word, ranked #58,760 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #58,760
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inconsolable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #58,760 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “inconsolable” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for inconsolable is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #58,760 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.".
No misspelling variants are generated for inconsolable in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Middle French inconsolable, from Latin inconsolabilis; by surface analysis, in- + consolable, or, by surface analysis, in- + console + -able. The correct English form is inconsolable, spelled I-N-C-O-N-S-O-L-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.
Etymology
Middle French inconsolable, from Latin inconsolabilis; by surface analysis, in- + consolable, or, by surface analysis, in- + console + -able.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “inconsolable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-C-O-N-S-O-L-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.