incomparable

/\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pa.ʁabl\/ adj

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,391

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

incomparable is anFrenchadj. It means: À qui ou à quoi rien ne peut être comparé. Pronounced \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pa.ʁabl\. Often confused with incompatible and incomparables.

Key facts for incomparable
PropertyValue
Headwordincomparable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pa.ʁabl\
Letters12
Frequency rank#16,391
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of incomparable in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for incomparable is 12 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pa.ʁabl\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,391 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "À qui ou à quoi rien ne peut être comparé.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for incomparable, with forms such as "icnomparable", "inccomparable", and "incmoparable". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "incompatible", "incomparables", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is incomparable, spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-A-R-A-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    À qui ou à quoi rien ne peut être comparé.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: icnomparable,inccomparable,incmoparable,incomaprable,incommparable,incompaarble,incomparabble,incomparabel,incomparablle,incomparalbe,incomparbale,incomparrable,incompparable,incompraable,incopmarable,inncomparable,inocmparable,nicomparable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for incomparable

Misspelling Variants of "incomparable"

icnomparable12inccomparable13incmoparable12incomaprable12incommparable13incompaarble12incomparabble13incomparabel12
Misspelling Variants of "incomparable"

Frequency rank: #16,391 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incomparable"?
"incomparable" is spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-A-R-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pa.ʁabl\.
What does "incomparable" mean?
As an adj, "incomparable" means: À qui ou à quoi rien ne peut être comparé.
What words are commonly confused with "incomparable"?
"incomparable" is commonly confused with "incompatible", "incomparables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incomparable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incomparable" is \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pa.ʁabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incomparable" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.