invulnerable
/ɪnˈvʌl.nə.ɹə.bəl/adjective
invulnerable is spelled I-N-V-U-L-N-E-R-A-B-L-E: 12 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, invulnerable means “Incapable of being injured; not vulnerable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in invulnerable?
| Letters | 12: I-N-V-U-L-N-E-R-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,680th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is invulnerable?
Invulnerable appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th 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 invulnerable?
- /ɪnˈvʌl.nə.ɹə.bəl/
Invulnerable has 5 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-invulnerable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does invulnerable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Incapable of being injured; not vulnerable.
- 2
Unanswerable; irrefutable.
an invulnerable argument
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Invulnerable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense incapable of being wounded:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | invulnérable |
| German | unverwundbar |
| Spanish | invulnerable |
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 invulnerable come from?
From Middle French invulnérable, from Latin invulnerābilis, from vulnerābilis, from vulnerō (“to wound”), from vulnus (“wound”), equivalent to in- + vulnerable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).