inéligible
\i.ne.li.ʒibl\
The verdict
“inéligible” is uncommon French (frequency #54,659 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,659
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’a pas les conditions requises pour être élu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ineligible · inéligible · French
inéligible · rank #54,659 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,659
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH irrationnels
Nearest frequency peer: irrationnels (+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 « inéligible »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- insatisfaite
insatisfaite
45,345 corpus weight
- insoumission
insoumission
45,344 corpus weight
- inéligible
inéligible
45,342 corpus weight
- irrationnels
irrationnels
45,341 corpus weight
- ise
ise
45,340 corpus weight
- ITW
ITW
45,339 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inéligible » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inéligible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.ne.li.ʒibl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inéligible » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inéligible is uncommon French at frequency #54,659 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.ne.li.ʒibl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’a pas les conditions requises pour être élu.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for inéligible, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is inéligible, spelled I-N-É-L-I-G-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n’a pas les conditions requises pour être élu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how inéligible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On reconnut que le candidat était inéligible.
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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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