inqualifiable

\ɛ̃.ka.li.fjabl\

/\ɛ̃.ka.li.fjabl\/ adj

The verdict

“inqualifiable” is uncommon French (frequency #69,925 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,925
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qu’on ne peut qualifier, dont on ne saurait déterminer la qualité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inqualifiable · inqualifiable · French

inqualifiable · rank #69,925 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,925
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH injectent

Nearest frequency peer: injectent (-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 « inqualifiable »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for inqualifiable
PropertyValue
Headwordinqualifiable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.ka.li.fjabl\
Letters13
Frequency rank#69,925
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « inqualifiable » en français

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

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L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « injectent » (#69,924), « insoupçonnée » (#69,926), « inimitiés » (#69,923). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inqualifiable » est au #69,925. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

inqualifiable is uncommon French at frequency #69,925 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.ka.li.fjabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for inqualifiable, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 inqualifiable, spelled I-N-Q-U-A-L-I-F-I-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qu’on ne peut qualifier, dont on ne saurait déterminer la qualité.
  2. 2
    Qui est tellement odieux, immoral, abject, répréhensible, etc. qu’on ne peut trouver de mot assez dur pour le qualifier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] ; le chasseur ne parvenait pas à comprendre qu’un homme sensé se résolût ainsi de gaieté de cœur à supporter une vie de privation et de périls, dans le but inqualifiable pour lui d’arracher des plantes qui ne servent à rien, […].
  2. À l'instant, je me sens au milieu de nulle part. C'est une sensation de malaise indescriptible, un inconfort inqualifiable.

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 "inqualifiable"?
"inqualifiable" is spelled I-N-Q-U-A-L-I-F-I-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.ka.li.fjabl\.
What does "inqualifiable" mean?
As an adjective, "inqualifiable" means: Qu’on ne peut qualifier, dont on ne saurait déterminer la qualité.
How do you pronounce "inqualifiable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inqualifiable" is \ɛ̃.ka.li.fjabl\. 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 "inqualifiable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list