ingouvernable

\ɛ̃.ɡu.vɛʁ.nabl\

/\ɛ̃.ɡu.vɛʁ.nabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“ingouvernable” is uncommon French (frequency #79,413 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,413
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qu’on ne peut gouverner, diriger, piloter, en parlant d’une embarcation, d’un aéronef, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ingouvernable · ingouvernable · French

ingouvernable · rank #79,413 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,413
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH informatifs

Nearest frequency peer: informatifs (-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 « ingouvernable »

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 « ingouvernable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ingouvernable
PropertyValue
Headwordingouvernable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.ɡu.vɛʁ.nabl\
Letters13
Frequency rank#79,413
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ingouvernable » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ingouvernabletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « informatifs » (#79,412), « inform » (#79,411), « inhospitalière » (#79,415). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « ingouvernable » est au #79,413. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ingouvernable is uncommon French at frequency #79,413 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.ɡu.vɛʁ.nabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

ingouvernable has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ingouvernable, spelled I-N-G-O-U-V-E-R-N-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qu’on ne peut gouverner, diriger, piloter, en parlant d’une embarcation, d’un aéronef, etc.
  2. 2
    Qu’on ne peut gouverner, maîtriser, juguler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il songeait que, puisque cette machine ingouvernable l’avait emporté dans le ciel, elle l’en redescendrait sans doute tôt ou tard ; mais cette considération ne le tourmenta pas beaucoup.
  2. Une partie de l’empennage éclate, suite à une réparation effectuée incorrectement sept ans plus tôt. L’avion perd sa dérive verticale et ses 4 systèmes hydrauliques. Les pilotes parviennent à maintenir l'avion, devenu ingouvernable, en vol pendant 32 minutes (ce qui en soi, est un exploit), puis l’appareil s’écrase sur le mont Osutaka, au Japon.

Antonyms

gouvernable

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 "ingouvernable"?
"ingouvernable" is spelled I-N-G-O-U-V-E-R-N-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.ɡu.vɛʁ.nabl\.
What does "ingouvernable" mean?
As an adjective, "ingouvernable" means: Qu’on ne peut gouverner, diriger, piloter, en parlant d’une embarcation, d’un aéronef, etc.
How do you pronounce "ingouvernable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ingouvernable" is \ɛ̃.ɡu.vɛʁ.nabl\. 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 "ingouvernable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list