inhabile
\i.na.bil\
The verdict
“inhabile” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui manque d’habileté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inhabile · inhabile · French
inhabile · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | inhabile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.na.bil\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
inhabile is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.na.bil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for inhabile, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is inhabile, spelled I-N-H-A-B-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui manque d’habileté.
- 2Qui n’a pas la capacité légale pour faire un acte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inhabile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a fallu que j’arrivasse à trente ans, que mes observations se soient mûries et condensées, que le jet d’une vive lumière les ait même éclairées de nouveau pour que je comprisse la portée des phénomènes desquels je fus alors l’inhabile témoin.
Les parents, en tenue de fête, avec une physionomie gauche et ces mouvements inhabiles des corps toujours courbés sur le travail, suivaient leurs mioches.
Synonyms
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.