inextricable
/ˌɪnɪkˈstrɪkəbəl/
"inextricable" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inextricable” is uncommon English (frequency #88,462 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,462
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Impossible to untie or disentangle.
Corpus desk
Index EN-inextricable · inextricable · English
inextricable · rank #88,462 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,462
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH incorporeal
Nearest frequency peer: incorporeal (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “inextricable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- inconsidera…
inconsiderable
11,542 corpus weight
- inconstant
inconstant
11,541 corpus weight
- incorporeal
incorporeal
11,540 corpus weight
- inextricable
inextricable
11,539 corpus weight
- infarct
infarct
11,538 corpus weight
- inflectional
inflectional
11,537 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “inextricable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inextricable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌɪnɪkˈstrɪkəbəl/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #88,462 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “inextricable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
inextricable is uncommon English at frequency #88,462 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌɪnɪkˈstrɪkəbəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for inextricable in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French inextricable, from Latin inextricabilis. The correct English form is inextricable, spelled I-N-E-X-T-R-I-C-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Impossible to untie or disentangle.
- 2Impossible to solve.
- 3Impossible from which to escape.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how inextricable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And when it comes to far-right anti-Semitism, hatred of Jews is inextricable from opposition to socialism.
Etymology
From Middle French inextricable, from Latin inextricabilis.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).