incorruptible
\ɛ̃.kɔ.ʁyp.tibl\
The verdict
“incorruptible” is uncommon French (frequency #53,407 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,407
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas sujet à corruption.
Corpus desk
Index FR-incorruptible · incorruptible · French
incorruptible · rank #53,407 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,407
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH imparfaits
Nearest frequency peer: imparfaits (-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 « incorruptible »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Hélie
Hélie
46,598 corpus weight
- Héraclès
Héraclès
46,597 corpus weight
- imparfaits
imparfaits
46,595 corpus weight
- incorruptib…
incorruptible
46,594 corpus weight
- inexpérimen…
inexpérimentés
46,592 corpus weight
- insensibili…
insensibilité
46,590 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « incorruptible » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incorruptible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kɔ.ʁyp.tibl\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #53,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « incorruptible » en français
Rare enough to double-check
incorruptible is uncommon French at frequency #53,407 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.kɔ.ʁyp.tibl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
incorruptible has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is incorruptible, spelled I-N-C-O-R-R-U-P-T-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas sujet à corruption.
- 2Qui est incapable de se laisser corrompre pour agir contre son devoir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how incorruptible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bienheureux celui-là parmi tous les vivants ! L’incorruptible sang coulera dans ses veines ; Il se réveillera sur les cimes sereines Où sont les Dieux, plus haut que la neige et les vents.
Une magnifique lumière, la lumière d’un beau jour verse ses ondes incorruptibles dans ce lieu sordide et éclaire cet homme. Au dehors, elle répand sa splendeur sur toutes les misères d’un quartier populeux.
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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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