inexpensive
/ˌɪnɪkˈspɛnsɪv/adjective
inexpensive is spelled I-N-E-X-P-E-N-S-I-V-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 3.7 times per million words in written English, the 13,496th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, inexpensive means “Involving little expense; reasonable in price; cheap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in inexpensive?
| Letters | 11: I-N-E-X-P-E-N-S-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.7 times per million words; the 13,496th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is inexpensive?
Inexpensive appears 3.7 times per million words in written English, the 13,496th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce inexpensive?
- US /ˌɪnɪkˈspɛnsɪv/
- US /ˌɪnɛkˈspɛnsɪv/
Inexpensive has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-inexpensive.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with inexpensive?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as inexpensive from its last stressed vowel (/ɛnsɪv/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of inexpensive
- more inexpensive comparative
- most inexpensive superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does inexpensive mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Involving little expense; reasonable in price; cheap.
- 2
Not extravagant in expenditure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Inexpensive in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense reasonable in price:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | peu coûteux, bon marché |
| German | billig, günstig |
| Portuguese | barato |
| Spanish | barato, económico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does inexpensive come from?
From in- + expensive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).