improbable
French, adjective/ɛ̃.pʁɔ.babl/
improbable is spelled I-M-P-R-O-B-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written French, the 9,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Improbable is a French adjective meaning “unlikely, improbable (not likely)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’a pas de probabilité ; qui n’est pas probable”.
What does improbable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unlikely, improbable (not likely)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’a pas de probabilité ; qui n’est pas probable. 2. Invraisemblable ; incroyable ; inattendu ; excentrique ; curieux ; insolite.
noun: 1. Ce qui peut probablement ne peut pas arriver. 2. Invraisemblable.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of improbable
- improbables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce improbable?
- /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.babl/
- \ɛ̃.pʁɔ.babl\
- \ɛ̃.pʁɔ.ba.bl(ə)\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to improbable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is improbable in French?
improbable appears 6.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).