inabordable
\i.na.bɔʁ.dabl\
The verdict
“inabordable” is uncommon French (frequency #76,678 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,678
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qu’on ne peut aborder ; inaccessible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inabordable · inabordable · French
inabordable · rank #76,678 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,678
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH impulsée
Nearest frequency peer: impulsée (-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 « inabordable »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- improvement
improvement
23,326 corpus weight
- improvisate…
improvisateur
23,325 corpus weight
- impulsée
impulsée
23,324 corpus weight
- inabordable
inabordable
23,323 corpus weight
- incartade
incartade
23,322 corpus weight
- incorporell…
incorporelles
23,321 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inabordable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inabordable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.na.bɔʁ.dabl\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #76,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inabordable » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inabordable is uncommon French at frequency #76,678 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.na.bɔʁ.dabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
inabordable has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is inabordable, spelled I-N-A-B-O-R-D-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qu’on ne peut aborder ; inaccessible.
- 2Dont on ne peut approcher, inaccessible.
- 3Trop cher, pour être à la portée de toutes les bourses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inabordable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les rives du fleuve étaient presque toujours inabordables.
Il se trouvait, sans s’en douter, précisément dans l’intérieur du rocher sur la pointe duquel Clubin avait lancé la Durande. Gilliatt était sous cette pointe. Le rocher, abrupt extérieurement, et inabordable, était évidé en dedans.
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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