inexprimable

\i.nɛk.spʁi.mabl\

/\i.nɛk.spʁi.mabl\/ adj

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inexprimable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for inexprimable
PropertyValue
Headwordinexprimable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i.nɛk.spʁi.mabl\
Letters12
Frequency rank#92,860
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « inexprimable » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).inexprimabletombe 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: « industria » (#92,859), « inhabités » (#92,861), « indigénat » (#92,858). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inexprimable » est au #92,860. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Qu’on ne peut exprimer par des paroles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une rage inexprimable rendit le capitaine plus blanc que ses voiles.
  2. 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.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 "inexprimable"?
"inexprimable" is spelled I-N-E-X-P-R-I-M-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.nɛk.spʁi.mabl\.
What does "inexprimable" mean?
As an adjective, "inexprimable" means: Qu’on ne peut exprimer par des paroles.
How do you pronounce "inexprimable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inexprimable" is \i.nɛk.spʁi.mabl\. 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 "inexprimable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list