indéclinable
\ɛ̃.de.kli.nabl\
The verdict
“indéclinable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut être décliné, qui ne se décline pas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-indeclinable · indéclinable · French
indéclinable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | indéclinable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.de.kli.nabl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
indéclinable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.de.kli.nabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for indéclinable, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is indéclinable, spelled I-N-D-É-C-L-I-N-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui ne peut être décliné, qui ne se décline pas.
- 2Qui ne peut pas être en déclin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how indéclinable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a en grec des noms substantifs indéclinables dans tous leurs cas, tels sont les noms étrangers ou hébreux qui le sont aussi en latin.
Il y a deux sortes d'adjectifs ; les uns sont proprement des adjectifs indéclinables, qui se placent toujours avant les substantifs ; […].
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.