inexplicable
\i.nɛks.pli.kabl\
The verdict
“inexplicable” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,973. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,973
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut être expliqué ; qui est incompréhensible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inexplicable · inexplicable · French
inexplicable · rank #21,973 · 18 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,973
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH imposteur
Nearest frequency peer: imposteur (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « inexplicable »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- implantés
implantés
78,030 corpus weight
- imposteur
imposteur
78,029 corpus weight
- inexplicable
inexplicable
78,028 corpus weight
- insuffisants
insuffisants
78,027 corpus weight
- intelligemm…
intelligemment
78,026 corpus weight
- irrégulier
irrégulier
78,025 corpus weight
What this shows « inexplicable » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inexplicable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.nɛks.pli.kabl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #21,973 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « inexplicable »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around inexplicable (IPA \i.nɛks.pli.kabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,973 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for inexplicable, with forms such as "ienxplicable", "inepxlicable", and "inexlpicable". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "inexplicables", "inapplicable", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is inexplicable, spelled I-N-E-X-P-L-I-C-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui ne peut être expliqué ; qui est incompréhensible.
- 2Qui est bizarre, étrange, parce qu’on ne peut en rendre compte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inexplicable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous sommes si éloignés de connaître tous les agens ^([sic]) de la nature, et leurs divers modes d’action ; qu’il ne serait pas philosophique de nier les phénomènes, uniquement parce qu’ils sont inexplicables dans l’état actuel de nos connaissances.
Et tout le village bientôt, à des degrés variant selon la constitution et la force de résistance de chacun, fut en proie à des malaises étranges, symptômes inexplicables d’empoisonnement.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ienxplicable
- inepxlicable
- inexlpicable
- inexpilcable
- inexplciable
- inexpliacble
- inexplicabble
- inexplicabel
- inexplicablle
- inexplicalbe
- inexplicbale
- inexpliccable
- inexpllicable
- inexpplicable
- inexxplicable
- innexplicable
- inxeplicable
- niexplicable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inexplicable - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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