inarrêtable
\i.na.ʁɛ.tabl\
The verdict
“inarrêtable” is an uncommon French word, ranked #81,249 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #81,249
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui ne peut pas être arrêté.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inarrêtable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.na.ʁɛ.tabl\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #81,249 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “inarrêtable” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for inarrêtable is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \i.na.ʁɛ.tabl\. Corpus data places it at rank #81,249 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
inarrêtable has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 inarrêtable, spelled I-N-A-R-R-Ê-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui ne peut pas être arrêté.
- 2Qui ne peut pas s’arrêter, qui peut continuer sans cesse.
- 3Qui ne peut pas être détenu comme prisonnier.
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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Using “inarrêtable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-A-R-R-Ê-T-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \i.na.ʁɛ.tabl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.