inextensible
\i.nɛks.tɑ̃.sibl\
The verdict
“inextensible” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut être étendu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inextensible · inextensible · French
inextensible · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inextensible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.nɛks.tɑ̃.sibl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
inextensible is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.nɛks.tɑ̃.sibl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui ne peut être étendu.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for inextensible in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is inextensible, spelled I-N-E-X-T-E-N-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui ne peut être étendu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how inextensible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Corps inextensible.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.