# ineligible

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #19,868

## Definitions
1. Not eligible; forbidden to do something.

## Etymology
From French inéligible.

## Easily confused with
- **intelligible** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ineligible-vs-intelligible)

## Common misspellings (15)
`ienligible`, `ineilgible`, `inelgiible`, `ineligable`, `ineligbile`, `ineliggible`, `ineligibble`, `ineligibel`, `ineligiblle`, `ineligilbe`, `ineliigble`, `inelligible`, `inleigible`, `inneligible`, `nieligible`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ineligible