insensible
/ɪnˈsɛns.ɪ.bəl/
"insensible" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“insensible” is an uncommon English word, ranked #84,395 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #84,395
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unable to be perceived by the senses.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insensible |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪnˈsɛns.ɪ.bəl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,395 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “insensible” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for insensible is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪnˈsɛns.ɪ.bəl/. Corpus data places it at rank #84,395 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for insensible in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English insensible, from Old French insensible, from Late Latin īnsēnsibilis. The correct English form is insensible, spelled I-N-S-E-N-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Unable to be perceived by the senses.
- 2Incapable or deprived of physical sensation.
- 3Unable to be understood; unintelligible.
- 4Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.
- 5Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent.
- 6Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic.
Etymology
From Middle English insensible, from Old French insensible, from Late Latin īnsēnsibilis.
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 “insensible”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-S-E-N-S-I-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪnˈsɛns.ɪ.bəl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.