immanquables

\ɛ̃.mɑ̃.kabl\

/\ɛ̃.mɑ̃.kabl\/ adj

The verdict

“immanquables” is uncommon French (frequency #86,810 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,810
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de immanquable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-immanquables · immanquables · French

immanquables · rank #86,810 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,810
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH immanence

Nearest frequency peer: immanence (-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 « immanquables »

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 « immanquables » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for immanquables
PropertyValue
Headwordimmanquables
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.mɑ̃.kabl\
Letters12
Frequency rank#86,810
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « immanquables » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « immanence » (#86,809), « impactera » (#86,811), « imparables » (#86,812). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « immanquables » est au #86,810. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

immanquables is uncommon French at frequency #86,810 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.mɑ̃.kabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de immanquable.".

immanquables has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 immanquables, spelled I-M-M-A-N-Q-U-A-B-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de immanquable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Puisque vous serez probablement en train de roupiller pendant que Franck Ferrand lira ses notes, 20 Minutes vous propose trois sites immanquables du tracé de cette année, sous le contrôle d’Alain Cassaigne, auteur de plusieurs ouvrages sur le patrimoine hexagonal.

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 "immanquables"?
"immanquables" is spelled I-M-M-A-N-Q-U-A-B-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.mɑ̃.kabl\.
What does "immanquables" mean?
As an adjective, "immanquables" means: Pluriel de immanquable.
How do you pronounce "immanquables"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "immanquables" is \ɛ̃.mɑ̃.kabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "immanquables" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list