inextinguible
\i.nɛk.stɛ̃.ɡibl\
The verdict
“inextinguible” is uncommon French (frequency #88,757 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,757
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut s’éteindre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inextinguible · inextinguible · French
inextinguible · rank #88,757 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,757
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inexplorés
Nearest frequency peer: inexplorés (-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 « inextinguible »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- indivisibles
indivisibles
11,247 corpus weight
- indolent
indolent
11,246 corpus weight
- inexplorés
inexplorés
11,245 corpus weight
- inextinguib…
inextinguible
11,244 corpus weight
- infamant
infamant
11,243 corpus weight
- infanticides
infanticides
11,242 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inextinguible » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inextinguible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.nɛk.stɛ̃.ɡibl\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #88,757 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inextinguible » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inextinguible is uncommon French at frequency #88,757 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.nɛk.stɛ̃.ɡibl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for inextinguible in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is inextinguible, spelled I-N-E-X-T-I-N-G-U-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui ne peut s’éteindre.
- 2Qui ne s’éteint pas, ne peut disparaître, s’oublier, cesser, se réprimer.
- 3Qui ne s’éteint pas, ne peut disparaître, s’oublier, cesser, se réprimer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inextinguible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un feu inextinguible.
Le public ne s’y trompe pas, et lui offre une immense, inextinguible ovation.
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.
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