inexprimable
\i.nɛk.spʁi.mabl\
The verdict
“inexprimable” is uncommon French (frequency #92,860 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,860
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qu’on ne peut exprimer par des paroles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inexprimable · inexprimable · French
inexprimable · rank #92,860 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,860
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH industria
Nearest frequency peer: industria (-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 « inexprimable »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- incongrus
incongrus
7,145 corpus weight
- indifférenc…
indifférenciée
7,144 corpus weight
- indigénat
indigénat
7,143 corpus weight
- industria
industria
7,142 corpus weight
- inexprimable
inexprimable
7,141 corpus weight
- inhabités
inhabités
7,140 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inexprimable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inexprimable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.nɛk.spʁi.mabl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #92,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inexprimable » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inexprimable is uncommon French at frequency #92,860 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.nɛk.spʁi.mabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qu’on ne peut exprimer par des paroles.".
inexprimable has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 inexprimable, spelled I-N-E-X-P-R-I-M-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qu’on ne peut exprimer par des paroles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inexprimable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une rage inexprimable rendit le capitaine plus blanc que ses voiles.
Celui de Laifour, qui est dans un véritable désert, nous peint en mots bien sentis la monotonie de son existence. En hiver, quand la neige couvre la montagne, la solitude est inexprimable.
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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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