improfitable
\ɛ̃.pʁɔ.fi.tabl\
The verdict
“improfitable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’apporte aucun profit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-improfitable · improfitable · French
improfitable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | improfitable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.pʁɔ.fi.tabl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « improfitable » en français
Rare enough to double-check
improfitable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.pʁɔ.fi.tabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’apporte aucun profit.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for improfitable, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is improfitable, spelled I-M-P-R-O-F-I-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n’apporte aucun profit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how improfitable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plus tard les distributions gratuites de blé faites au peuple romain, rendirent plus improfitable encore la culture du grain ; alors il devint absolument impossible aux petits propriétaires de se maintenir autour de Rome, et tout le reste des petits héritages fut vendu aux riches.
En un mot, c’est le commerce en général qu’il faut favoriser, — comme si tout commerce ne portait pas sa propre récompense, comme si un commerce improfitable valait la peine d’être encouragé, comme si un commerce profitable avait besoin de l’être, - comme si, enfin, par ces opérations capricieuses, on faisait autre chose que transférer les capitaux d’une…
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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.