incontestable

/\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tɛs.tabl\/ adj

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,648

in French word usage

Misspellings

20

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

incontestable is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est certain, qui ne peut être contesté. Pronounced \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tɛs.tabl\. Often confused with incontestables.

Key facts for incontestable
PropertyValue
Headwordincontestable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tɛs.tabl\
Letters13
Frequency rank#16,648
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for incontestable is 13 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tɛs.tabl\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,648 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qui est certain, qui ne peut être contesté.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 20 documented wrong-spelling variants for incontestable, with forms such as "icnontestable", "inccontestable", and "incnotestable". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "incontestables", 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 incontestable, spelled I-N-C-O-N-T-E-S-T-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
    Qui est certain, qui ne peut être contesté.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: icnontestable,inccontestable,incnotestable,inconetstable,inconntestable,incontesatble,incontesstable,incontestabble,incontestabel,incontestablle,incontestalbe,incontestbale,incontesttable,incontetsable,incontsetable,inconttestable,incotnestable,inncontestable,inocntestable,nicontestable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for incontestable

Misspelling Variants of "incontestable"

icnontestable13inccontestable14incnotestable13inconetstable13inconntestable14incontesatble13incontesstable14incontestabble14
Misspelling Variants of "incontestable"

Frequency rank: #16,648 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incontestable"?
"incontestable" is spelled I-N-C-O-N-T-E-S-T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tɛs.tabl\.
What does "incontestable" mean?
As an adj, "incontestable" means: Qui est certain, qui ne peut être contesté.
What words are commonly confused with "incontestable"?
"incontestable" is commonly confused with "incontestables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incontestable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incontestable" is \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tɛs.tabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incontestable" 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.