explosible
\ɛks.plo.zibl\
The verdict
“explosible” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est susceptible de faire explosion ; qui est préparé de manière à faire explosion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-explosible · explosible · French
explosible · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | explosible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛks.plo.zibl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
explosible is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛks.plo.zibl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for explosible in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is explosible, spelled E-X-P-L-O-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est susceptible de faire explosion ; qui est préparé de manière à faire explosion.
- 2Qui peut s'exprimer sans retenue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how explosible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sir John Murray eût volontiers essayé ses balles explosibles sur ces masses charnues ; mais le bushman lui affirma que les hippopotames ne manqueraient pas dans les cours d’eau du nord, […].
En outre, des bandes de mitrailleuses furent trouvées, entièrement ou partiellement garnies de balles explosibles.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.