inexplicablement

\i.nɛk.spli.ka.blə.mɑ̃\

/\i.nɛk.spli.ka.blə.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“inexplicablement” is uncommon French (frequency #64,529 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,529
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D'une manière inexplicable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inexplicablement · inexplicablement · French

inexplicablement · rank #64,529 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,529
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inenvisageable

Nearest frequency peer: inenvisageable (-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 « inexplicablement »

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 « inexplicablement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for inexplicablement
PropertyValue
Headwordinexplicablement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\i.nɛk.spli.ka.blə.mɑ̃\
Letters16
Frequency rank#64,529
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « inexplicablement » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).inexplicablementtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « inenvisageable » (#64,528), « infaisable » (#64,530), « incrimination » (#64,527). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inexplicablement » est au #64,529. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

inexplicablement is uncommon French at frequency #64,529 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \i.nɛk.spli.ka.blə.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "D'une manière inexplicable.".

No misspelling variants are generated for inexplicablement in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is inexplicablement, spelled I-N-E-X-P-L-I-C-A-B-L-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D'une manière inexplicable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’étais seul, inexprimablement seul, en face de ma mort, et cette mort n’était que la privation de l’être — rien de plus.
  2. Sa montre, dont les aiguilles, ainsi qu'il arrive à ceux qui attendent, lui semblaient inexplicablement paresseuses.

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 "inexplicablement"?
"inexplicablement" is spelled I-N-E-X-P-L-I-C-A-B-L-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \i.nɛk.spli.ka.blə.mɑ̃\.
What does "inexplicablement" mean?
As an adverb, "inexplicablement" means: D'une manière inexplicable.
How do you pronounce "inexplicablement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inexplicablement" is \i.nɛk.spli.ka.blə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list