inintelligible
\i.nɛ̃.tɛ.li.ʒibl\
The verdict
“inintelligible” is uncommon French (frequency #83,970 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,970
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas intelligible, qu’on ne peut comprendre par l’intelligence ou l’ouïe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inintelligible · inintelligible · French
inintelligible · rank #83,970 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,970
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inextricablem…
Nearest frequency peer: inextricablement (-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 « inintelligible »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- indissoluble
indissoluble
16,033 corpus weight
- inextricabl…
inextricablement
16,032 corpus weight
- inintelligi…
inintelligible
16,031 corpus weight
- instruisez
instruisez
16,029 corpus weight
- interpeler
interpeler
16,028 corpus weight
- interrègne
interrègne
16,027 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inintelligible » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inintelligible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.nɛ̃.tɛ.li.ʒibl\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #83,970 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inintelligible » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inintelligible is uncommon French at frequency #83,970 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.nɛ̃.tɛ.li.ʒibl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’est pas intelligible, qu’on ne peut comprendre par l’intelligence ou l’ouïe.".
inintelligible has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is inintelligible, spelled I-N-I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas intelligible, qu’on ne peut comprendre par l’intelligence ou l’ouïe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inintelligible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] ainsi s’enroulent, pour ainsi dire, comme le fil sur le fuseau, tous ces commentaires ingénieux d’un texte inintelligible.
Il me salua gauchement, et prononça, en moldave, quelques paroles qui restèrent inintelligibles pour moi.
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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