immangeable

\ɛ̃.mɑ̃.ʒabl\

/\ɛ̃.mɑ̃.ʒabl\/ adj

The verdict

“immangeable” is uncommon French (frequency #85,814 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,814
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut pas être mangé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-immangeable · immangeable · French

immangeable · rank #85,814 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,814
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH immatérielles

Nearest frequency peer: immatérielles (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « immangeable »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « immangeable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for immangeable
PropertyValue
Headwordimmangeable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.mɑ̃.ʒabl\
Letters11
Frequency rank#85,814
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « immangeable » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.immangeabletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « immatérielles » (#85,815), « incinérateurs » (#85,816), « indétectables » (#85,817). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « immangeable » est au #85,814. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

immangeable is uncommon French at frequency #85,814 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.mɑ̃.ʒabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for immangeable in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is immangeable, spelled I-M-M-A-N-G-E-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne peut pas être mangé.
  2. 2
    Qu'il convient de ne pas manger.
  3. 3
    Dont le goût est répugnant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ainsi le signe culinaire devient-il décor grotesque, ornement ridicule d'un visage: signe définitivement dépourvu de sa fonction puisqu'il est désormais à jamais immangeable. Il est devenu sinon corps (de Fanchon), du moins appendice nasal et dans une remarquable métonymie renversée, qui est aussi l'inversion d'une castration symbolique, l'épouse en colèr…
  2. Non seulement cette viande est immangeable, mais en plus la quantité de lait produite reste faible si on la compare aux pays occidentaux.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "immangeable"?
"immangeable" is spelled I-M-M-A-N-G-E-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.mɑ̃.ʒabl\.
What does "immangeable" mean?
As an adjective, "immangeable" means: Qui ne peut pas être mangé.
How do you pronounce "immangeable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "immangeable" is \ɛ̃.mɑ̃.ʒabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "immangeable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list