intolerable
in·tol·er·able/ɪnˈtɑləɹəbl̩/adjective
intolerable is spelled I-N-T-O-L-E-R-A-B-L-E, 4 syllables: in·tol·er·able. The wrong spelling people search most is intollerable: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 23 of all searches for the word. Intolerable is an adjective meaning “Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured”.
How many letters and syllables are in intolerable?
| Letters | 11: I-N-T-O-L-E-R-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: in·tol·er·able |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 23,253rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, intollerable, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell intolerable?
Intolerable is spelled I-N-T-O-L-E-R-A-B-L-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 23 of the searches for intolerable in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is intolerable?
Intolerable appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd 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 intolerable?
- US /ɪnˈtɑləɹəbl̩/
- UK /ɪnˈtɒləɹəbl̩/
Intolerable has 4 syllables, split in·tol·er·able in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-intolerable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with intolerable?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as intolerable from its last stressed vowel (/ɑləɹəbl/):
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 intolerable
- more intolerable comparative
- most intolerable superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does intolerable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured.
- 2
Extremely offensive or insulting.
- 3
Extremely worn and degraded, to the point of being unsafe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Intolerable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | intolérable |
| German | unerträglich |
| Portuguese | intolerável |
| Spanish | intolerable, infumable , de juzgado de guardia |
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 intolerable come from?
Inherited from Middle English intolerable, borrowed from Middle French intolerable, from Latin intolerābilis. By surface analysis, in- + tolerable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).