immarcescible
\i.maʁ.sɛ.sibl\
The verdict
“immarcescible” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflétrissable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-immarcescible · immarcescible · French
immarcescible · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | immarcescible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.maʁ.sɛ.sibl\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
immarcescible is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.maʁ.sɛ.sibl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for immarcescible, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is immarcescible, spelled I-M-M-A-R-C-E-S-C-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Inflétrissable.
- 2Qui ne se fane pas, qui ne peut se flétrir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how immarcescible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelle fleur pourrait mieux convenir à notre époque faustienne que l’orchidée qui présente l’image de l’éternelle jeunesse ? Ou du moins, si elle n’est pas immarcescible, elle est dure à la blessure du temps. Il s’écoule des semaines avant qu’elle ne se rembrunisse et ne se corne vers l’intérieur ou qu’elle ne quitte la tige, sans prévenir, après des jour…
Que c’est triste mourir ! Oh ! que mourir est triste ! Pourquoi toujours mourir à la fin, et n’existe- T-il pas un être beau, noble, candide et pur Qui déconcerte un jour la loi de ce coup sûr ? Un être remontant, invulnérable cible, Qui s’obstine à rester en fleurs, immarcescible ; […]
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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.