inadoptable
\i.na.dɔp.tabl\
The verdict
“inadoptable” 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) - Qui ne peut être adopté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inadoptable · inadoptable · French
inadoptable · 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 | inadoptable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.na.dɔp.tabl\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inadoptable » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inadoptable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.na.dɔp.tabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for inadoptable in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is inadoptable, spelled I-N-A-D-O-P-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui ne peut être adopté.
- 2Qui ne peut être adopté, en parlant d’une loi, d’un projet, d’un plan ou d’une idée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inadoptable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parmi ces derniers, se distinguent les enfants inadoptables, en raison de leurs conditions sociales antérieures (en particulier, les enfants dont les parents ont été déchus de leurs droits de puissance paternelle), en raison de leur race et, enfin, de leur âge.
Selon le refuge, Ginger le Labrador avait toute une série de problèmes « médicaux, émotionnels et comportementaux en arrivant ». L’animal était donc inadoptable pendant tout un temps.
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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.