inexpugnable
\i.nɛks.pyɡ.nabl\
The verdict
“inexpugnable” is uncommon French (frequency #99,224 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,224
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut être forcé ou être pris d’assaut.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inexpugnable · inexpugnable · French
inexpugnable · rank #99,224 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,224
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inexploitable
Nearest frequency peer: inexploitable (-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 « inexpugnable »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- incroyant
incroyant
780 corpus weight
- indigenous
indigenous
779 corpus weight
- inexploitab…
inexploitable
778 corpus weight
- inexpugnable
inexpugnable
777 corpus weight
- insidieuses
insidieuses
776 corpus weight
- instrumenta…
instrumentalisent
775 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inexpugnable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inexpugnable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.nɛks.pyɡ.nabl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #99,224 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inexpugnable » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inexpugnable is uncommon French at frequency #99,224 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.nɛks.pyɡ.nabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui ne peut être forcé ou être pris d’assaut.".
inexpugnable doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is inexpugnable, spelled I-N-E-X-P-U-G-N-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui ne peut être forcé ou être pris d’assaut.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inexpugnable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vers une heure, il donna l’ordre du départ, il conduisit sa petite armée sur les hauteurs de Sainte-Roure. C’était là, d’ailleurs, une position inexpugnable, pour qui aurait su la défendre.
— Il faut donc que tu fasses un mariage solide, qui te donne une position inexpugnable, dans laquelle les révolutions ne puissent pas nous atteindre. Or, les seules positions inexpugnables sont celles qui ont leurs fondations sur la fortune. C’est là qu’il nous faut chercher.
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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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