inimitable

\i.ni.mi.tabl\

/\i.ni.mi.tabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“inimitable” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,364. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,364
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut pas être imité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inimitable · inimitable · French

inimitable · rank #38,364 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,364
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inquiétée

Nearest frequency peer: inquiétée (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « inimitable »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « inimitable » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for inimitable
PropertyValue
Headwordinimitable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i.ni.mi.tabl\
Letters10
Frequency rank#38,364
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « inimitable »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.inimitablese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « inquiétée » (#38,365), « indicible » (#38,362), « insouciant » (#38,366). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inimitable » est au #38,364. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around inimitable (IPA \i.ni.mi.tabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,364 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui ne peut pas être imité.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for inimitable, with forms such as "iinmitable", "iniimtable", and "inimiatble". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is inimitable, spelled I-N-I-M-I-T-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne peut pas être imité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les femmes ont un inimitable talent pour exprimer leurs sentiments sans employer de trop vives paroles ; leur éloquence est surtout dans l'accent, dans le geste, l'attitude et les regards.
  2. Ce mouvement était inimitable; il avait la canaillerie, l'impudence, la persuasion d'un dresseur, d'un tombeur de femmes.

Antonyms

imitable

This word in other languages

inimitable(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iinmitable
  • iniimtable
  • inimiatble
  • inimitabble
  • inimitabel
  • inimitablle
  • inimitalbe
  • inimitbale
  • inimittable
  • inimmitable
  • inimtiable
  • inmiitable
  • innimitable
  • niimitable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inimitable - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

iinmitable2iniimtable2inimiatble2inimitabble1inimitabel2inimitablle1inimitalbe2inimitbale2
Edit distance from "inimitable"

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 "inimitable"?
"inimitable" is spelled I-N-I-M-I-T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ni.mi.tabl\.
What does "inimitable" mean?
As an adjective, "inimitable" means: Qui ne peut pas être imité.
What are common misspellings of "inimitable"?
Common misspellings include "iinmitable", "iniimtable", "inimiatble", "inimitabble", "inimitabel". The correct spelling is "inimitable".
How do you pronounce "inimitable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inimitable" is \i.ni.mi.tabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inimitable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "inimitable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

insouciant#38,366imposteurs#38,356idéologues#38,352Lubumbashi#38,404

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

knowledge14 variantsmaquillages14 variantsdéodorant14 variantsdébiteurs14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list