indépassable

\ɛ̃.de.pa.sabl\

/\ɛ̃.de.pa.sabl\/ adj

The verdict

“indépassable” is uncommon French (frequency #63,076 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,076
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut être dépassé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indepassable · indépassable · French

indépassable · rank #63,076 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,076
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH incrimine

Nearest frequency peer: incrimine (-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 « indépassable »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « indépassable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for indépassable
PropertyValue
Headwordindépassable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.de.pa.sabl\
Letters12
Frequency rank#63,076
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « indépassable » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.indépassabletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « incrimine » (#63,075), « inconstitutionnel » (#63,074), « infortuné » (#63,078). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « indépassable » est au #63,076. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

indépassable is uncommon French at frequency #63,076 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.de.pa.sabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui ne peut être dépassé.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for indépassable, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is indépassable, spelled I-N-D-É-P-A-S-S-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne peut être dépassé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how indépassable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’exemple des grands hommes n’est toujours qu’un exemple de la liberté de la volonté ; le considérer comme inatteignable ou même comme indépassable, c’est lâcheté, mépris de soi-même !
  2. Quand des magazines tels que le Nouvel Observateur ou le Point, chacun avec sa sensibilité, se penchent sur Marx, cela fournit au moins l’indice de quelques fissures dans un paysage médiatique encore dominé par l’idéologie du capitalisme comme horizon indépassable de l’histoire.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "indépassable"?
"indépassable" is spelled I-N-D-É-P-A-S-S-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.de.pa.sabl\.
What does "indépassable" mean?
As an adjective, "indépassable" means: Qui ne peut être dépassé.
How do you pronounce "indépassable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indépassable" is \ɛ̃.de.pa.sabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indépassable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "indépassable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list