illabourable

\i.la.bu.ʁabl\

/\i.la.bu.ʁabl\/ adj

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.

Key facts for illabourable
PropertyValue
Headwordillabourable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i.la.bu.ʁabl\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « illabourable » en français

illabourablereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Qui n'est pas labourable ; qui ne peut pas être labouré.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how illabourable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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, […].
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "illabourable"?
"illabourable" is spelled I-L-L-A-B-O-U-R-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.la.bu.ʁabl\.
What does "illabourable" mean?
As an adjective, "illabourable" means: Qui n'est pas labourable ; qui ne peut pas être labouré.
How do you pronounce "illabourable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "illabourable" is \i.la.bu.ʁabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "illabourable" come from?
"illabourable" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list