# inoperable

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #38,908

## Definitions
1. Incapable of being successfully operated on.
2. Incapable of operation or function; inoperative.

## Etymology
From in- + operable.

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

## Common misspellings (15)
`innoperable`, `inoeprable`, `inopearble`, `inoperabble`, `inoperabel`, `inoperablle`, `inoperalbe`, `inoperbale`, `inoperible`, `inoperrable`, `inopperable`, `inopreable`, `inpoerable`, `ionperable`, `nioperable`

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