inatteignable

\i.na.tɛ.ɲabl\

/\i.na.tɛ.ɲabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“inatteignable” is uncommon French (frequency #60,875 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,875
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que l’on ne peut pas atteindre ; où il n’est pas possible d’aller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inatteignable · inatteignable · French

inatteignable · rank #60,875 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,875
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inachevées

Nearest frequency peer: inachevées (-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 « inatteignable »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inatteignable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for inatteignable
PropertyValue
Headwordinatteignable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i.na.tɛ.ɲabl\
Letters13
Frequency rank#60,875
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « inatteignable » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).inatteignabletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « inachevées » (#60,874), « indic » (#60,876), « impresario » (#60,873). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inatteignable » est au #60,875. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

inatteignable is uncommon French at frequency #60,875 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.na.tɛ.ɲabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for inatteignable in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is inatteignable, spelled I-N-A-T-T-E-I-G-N-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que l’on ne peut pas atteindre ; où il n’est pas possible d’aller.
  2. 2
    Relatif à un but, un objectif que l’on ne peut pas réaliser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how inatteignable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mais la Transcaucasie ne serait point inatteignable pour un Marlborough ou un Wellington. L’angle nord-est du Levant est à cent vingt lieues environ d’Akhaltsik. Par terre, un tel trajet peut être aisément effectué.
  2. Malgré la fragilité de la femme et le potentiel meurtrier de l’homme, cette dernière reste inatteignable ; elle empêche ce meurtre auquel elle incite.

Synonyms

hors d’atteintehors de portéeinaccessibleinattingible

Antonyms

atteignable

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inatteignable"?
"inatteignable" is spelled I-N-A-T-T-E-I-G-N-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.na.tɛ.ɲabl\.
What does "inatteignable" mean?
As an adjective, "inatteignable" means: Que l’on ne peut pas atteindre ; où il n’est pas possible d’aller.
How do you pronounce "inatteignable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inatteignable" is \i.na.tɛ.ɲabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inatteignable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "inatteignable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list