inentendable
\i.nɑ̃.tɑ̃.dabl\
The verdict
“inentendable” 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) - Qu’on ne peut pas entendre, ou supporter d’entendre, pour des raisons psychologiques par exemple.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inentendable · inentendable · French
inentendable · 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 | inentendable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.nɑ̃.tɑ̃.dabl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
inentendable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.nɑ̃.tɑ̃.dabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qu’on ne peut pas entendre, ou supporter d’entendre, pour des raisons psychologiques par exemple.".
inentendable doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is inentendable, spelled I-N-E-N-T-E-N-D-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qu’on ne peut pas entendre, ou supporter d’entendre, pour des raisons psychologiques par exemple.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inentendable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au ministère de l’Agriculture on estime que l’interdiction ne doit pas s’inscrire dans le cadre législatif. « Une excuse inentendable, s’étrangle François Veillerette. »
Mais pour ajouter un peu plus d’opprobre à cet argument inentendable de la part d’un magistrat, il ne s’agissait pas de n’importe quel procès.
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.