inexplicable

/\i.nɛks.pli.kabl\/ adj

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,973

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

inexplicable is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui ne peut être expliqué ; qui est incompréhensible. Pronounced \i.nɛks.pli.kabl\. Often confused with inexplicables and inapplicable.

Key facts for inexplicable
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Headwordinexplicable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\i.nɛks.pli.kabl\
Letters12
Frequency rank#21,973
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of inexplicable in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for inexplicable is 12 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \i.nɛks.pli.kabl\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,973 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for inexplicable, with forms such as "ienxplicable", "inepxlicable", and "inexlpicable". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "inexplicables", "inapplicable", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is inexplicable, spelled I-N-E-X-P-L-I-C-A-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne peut être expliqué ; qui est incompréhensible.
  2. 2
    Qui est bizarre, étrange, parce qu’on ne peut en rendre compte.

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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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for inexplicable

Misspelling Variants of "inexplicable"

ienxplicable12inepxlicable12inexlpicable12inexpilcable12inexplciable12inexpliacble12inexplicabble13inexplicabel12
Misspelling Variants of "inexplicable"

Frequency rank: #21,973 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inexplicable"?
"inexplicable" is spelled I-N-E-X-P-L-I-C-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.nɛks.pli.kabl\.
What does "inexplicable" mean?
As an adj, "inexplicable" means: Qui ne peut être expliqué ; qui est incompréhensible.
What words are commonly confused with "inexplicable"?
"inexplicable" is commonly confused with "inexplicables", "inapplicable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inexplicable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inexplicable" is \i.nɛks.pli.kabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inexplicable" come from?
"inexplicable" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.