immanquable
\ɛ̃.mɑ̃.kabl\
The verdict
“immanquable” is uncommon French (frequency #58,013 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,013
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inévitable. Qui ne peut manquer d’être, qui ne peut manquer d’arriver.
Corpus desk
Index FR-immanquable · immanquable · French
immanquable · rank #58,013 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,013
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH imbattables
Nearest frequency peer: imbattables (-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 « immanquable »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hypersensib…
hypersensible
41,991 corpus weight
- imbattables
imbattables
41,989 corpus weight
- immanquable
immanquable
41,988 corpus weight
- impartiaux
impartiaux
41,987 corpus weight
- impeccablem…
impeccablement
41,986 corpus weight
- imports
imports
41,985 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « immanquable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | immanquable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.mɑ̃.kabl\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #58,013 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « immanquable » en français
Rare enough to double-check
immanquable is uncommon French at frequency #58,013 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.mɑ̃.kabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for immanquable in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is immanquable, spelled I-M-M-A-N-Q-U-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Inévitable. Qui ne peut manquer d’être, qui ne peut manquer d’arriver.
- 2Infaillible, inratable. Qui ne peut ou qu’on ne peut manquer de réussir.
- 3Qu’il ne faut surtout pas manquer, où il faut absolument être présent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how immanquable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La piété, les vertus, la libéralité et les mérites de l’étranger furent bientôt connus de toute la ville de Berlin, et, comme cela était immanquable, le bruit de sa réputation parvint aux oreilles de l’électeur.
Certes, la vertu du saint ne peut être qu’immanquable quand on sait quel extraordinaire miracle fut le sien, aux temps lointains où il était en vie.
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.
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