innombrable

\i.nɔ̃.bʁabl\

/\i.nɔ̃.bʁabl\/ adj

The verdict

“innombrable” is uncommon French (frequency #73,251 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,251
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut pas se dénombrer, que l’on renonce à compter devant la difficulté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-innombrable · innombrable · French

innombrable · rank #73,251 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,251
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inflexibles

Nearest frequency peer: inflexibles (-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 « innombrable »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for innombrable
PropertyValue
Headwordinnombrable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i.nɔ̃.bʁabl\
Letters11
Frequency rank#73,251
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « innombrable » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).innombrabletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « inflexibles » (#73,250), « incredible » (#73,249), « instructives » (#73,253). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « innombrable » est au #73,251. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

innombrable is uncommon French at frequency #73,251 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.nɔ̃.bʁabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for innombrable, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is innombrable, spelled I-N-N-O-M-B-R-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne peut pas se dénombrer, que l’on renonce à compter devant la difficulté.
  2. 2
    Multiple.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce sont les larves des pucerons qui, réunies en familles innombrables, recouvrent quelquefois des branches entières de nos arbres fruitiers, la tige de nos fleurs, de nos légumes.
  2. Les rapides innombrables du Caroni semblent se jeter à notre rencontre, pour nous happer.

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Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "innombrable"?
"innombrable" is spelled I-N-N-O-M-B-R-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.nɔ̃.bʁabl\.
What does "innombrable" mean?
As an adjective, "innombrable" means: Qui ne peut pas se dénombrer, que l’on renonce à compter devant la difficulté.
How do you pronounce "innombrable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "innombrable" is \i.nɔ̃.bʁabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "innombrable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list