imprononçable
\ɛ̃.pʁo.nɔ̃.sabl\
The verdict
“imprononçable” is uncommon French (frequency #75,777 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,777
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que l’on n’arrive pas à prononcer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-imprononcable · imprononçable · French
imprononçable · rank #75,777 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,777
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH impostures
Nearest frequency peer: impostures (-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 « imprononçable »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- impatientent
impatientent
24,227 corpus weight
- impostures
impostures
24,225 corpus weight
- imprononçab…
imprononçable
24,224 corpus weight
- inadéquates
inadéquates
24,223 corpus weight
- incitée
incitée
24,222 corpus weight
- inclusives
inclusives
24,221 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « imprononçable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imprononçable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.pʁo.nɔ̃.sabl\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #75,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « imprononçable » en français
Rare enough to double-check
imprononçable is uncommon French at frequency #75,777 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.pʁo.nɔ̃.sabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
imprononçable has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 imprononçable, spelled I-M-P-R-O-N-O-N-Ç-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Que l’on n’arrive pas à prononcer.
- 2Que l’on n’a pas le droit de dire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how imprononçable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un mot imprononçable.
C’est à ce moment que cet écrivain polonais au nom imprononçable démolissait la scène la mieux préparée de l’histoire du désir […]
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).