ignobilis
The verdict
“ignobilis” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inconnu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ignobilis · ignobilis · French
ignobilis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | ignobilis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ignobilis is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
ignobilis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ignobilis, spelled I-G-N-O-B-I-L-I-S.
Definition
- 1Inconnu.
- 2Obscur, inconnu de la Renommée.
- 3De basse naissance, de basse extraction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ignobilis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
nunc, quando ego sum, vapulabis, ni hinc abis, ignobilis
quod inglorius sit atque ignobilis ad supremum diem perventurus
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.