expugnable
\ɛks.py.ɲabl\
The verdict
“expugnable” 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) - Pouvant être pris dʼassaut ou de vive force.
Corpus desk
Index FR-expugnable · expugnable · French
expugnable · 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 | expugnable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛks.py.ɲabl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
expugnable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛks.py.ɲabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pouvant être pris dʼassaut ou de vive force.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for expugnable, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is expugnable, spelled E-X-P-U-G-N-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Pouvant être pris dʼassaut ou de vive force.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how expugnable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De lʼItalie à lʼEspagne, on peut constater que lʼexercice régional de la souveraineté nʼest pas une forteresse expugnable de lʼunité politique de lʼÉtat, si ses composantes en décident autrement.
Antonyms
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.