illabourable
\i.la.bu.ʁabl\
The verdict
“illabourable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n'est pas labourable ; qui ne peut pas être labouré.
Corpus desk
Index FR-illabourable · illabourable · French
illabourable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | illabourable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.la.bu.ʁabl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
illabourable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.la.bu.ʁabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n'est pas labourable ; qui ne peut pas être labouré.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for illabourable in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is illabourable, spelled I-L-L-A-B-O-U-R-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n'est pas labourable ; qui ne peut pas être labouré.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how illabourable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On marquoit combien la sepulture contenoit en son front et combien elle entroit avant dans le champ afin que ce contenu de terre, comme sacré et illabourable, ne fût violé de personne quelconque, chose assez facile à voir en la province de Narbonne, […].
Nous avons trouvé en Hongrie que les sols alcalins exempts de CaCO₃, qui se présentaient presque illabourables et très souvent presqu’infructeux, après un chaulage approprié se manifestaient dès les premières années de l'amélioration comme labourables et fertiles.
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.