inappréciable
\i.na.pʁe.sjabl\
The verdict
“inappréciable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut être apprécié, être déterminé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inappreciable · inappréciable · French
inappréciable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | inappréciable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.na.pʁe.sjabl\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
inappréciable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.na.pʁe.sjabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for inappréciable in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is inappréciable, spelled I-N-A-P-P-R-É-C-I-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui ne peut être apprécié, être déterminé.
- 2Qui est d’un grand prix, de ce qu’on ne saurait trop apprécier, estimer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inappréciable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces deux objets se ressemblent tellement que la différence en est presque inappréciable.
Très loin, très loin seulement, à d'inappréciables profondeurs d'horizon, on apercevait une déchirure, un jour entre le ciel et les eaux, une longue fente vide, d'une claire pâleur jaune…
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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.