incontournable

/\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tuʁ.nabl\/ adj

Letters

14 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,727

in French word usage

Misspellings

21

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

incontournable is anFrenchadj. It means: Que l'on ne peut contourner. Pronounced \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tuʁ.nabl\. It ranks #8,727 in French word frequency. Often confused with incontournables.

Key facts for incontournable
PropertyValue
Headwordincontournable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tuʁ.nabl\
Letters14
Frequency rank#8,727
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for incontournable is 14 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tuʁ.nabl\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,727 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 21 documented wrong-spelling variants for incontournable, with forms such as "icnontournable", "inccontournable", and "incnotournable". 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, "incontournables", 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 incontournable, spelled I-N-C-O-N-T-O-U-R-N-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
    Que l'on ne peut contourner.
  2. 2
    Qui est obligatoire, obligé ou inévitable.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: icnontournable,inccontournable,incnotournable,inconntournable,inconoturnable,incontorunable,incontounrable,incontouranble,incontournabble,incontournabel,incontournablle,incontournalbe,incontournbale,incontournnable,incontourrnable,inconttournable,incontuornable,incotnournable,inncontournable,inocntournable,nicontournable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for incontournable

Misspelling Variants of "incontournable"

icnontournable14inccontournable15incnotournable14inconntournable15inconoturnable14incontorunable14incontounrable14incontouranble14
Misspelling Variants of "incontournable"

Frequency rank: #8,727 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incontournable"?
"incontournable" is spelled I-N-C-O-N-T-O-U-R-N-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tuʁ.nabl\.
What does "incontournable" mean?
As an adj, "incontournable" means: Que l'on ne peut contourner.
What words are commonly confused with "incontournable"?
"incontournable" is commonly confused with "incontournables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incontournable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incontournable" is \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tuʁ.nabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incontournable" 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.