inextinguible
\i.nɛk.stɛ̃.ɡibl\
The verdict
“inextinguible” is an uncommon French word, ranked #88,757 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #88,757
- frequency rank, French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui ne peut s’éteindre.
| 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) |
Where “inextinguible” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for inextinguible is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \i.nɛk.stɛ̃.ɡibl\. Corpus data places it at rank #88,757 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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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Using “inextinguible”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-E-X-T-I-N-G-U-I-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \i.nɛk.stɛ̃.ɡibl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.