implausible
\ɛ̃.plo.zibl\
The verdict
“implausible” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Non plausible, qui provoque l’incrédulité.
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Index FR-implausible · implausible · French
implausible · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | implausible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.plo.zibl\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
implausible is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.plo.zibl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Non plausible, qui provoque l’incrédulité.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for implausible, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is implausible, spelled I-M-P-L-A-U-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Non plausible, qui provoque l’incrédulité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how implausible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
(…) mais aussi des facteurs compensatoires empêchant systématiquement ces causes d'affleurer au niveau des phénomènes, est à rejeter: une compensation soutenue et exacte nous paraît intuitivement implausible (…)
Une telle hypothèse est implausible.
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