inrockuptibles

noun

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The verdict

“inrockuptibles” is uncommon French (frequency #66,829 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,829
frequency rank, French
142,603
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Néologisme tiré du terme « incorruptibles », qui permet de créer un mot-valise en insérant le mot « rock ». Il s'agit d'un titre de magazine culturel français Les Inrockuptibles, paru pour la premi...

Key facts for inrockuptibles
PropertyValue
Headwordinrockuptibles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Frequency rank#66,829
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “inrockuptibles” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). inrockuptibles lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

inrockuptibles is uncommon French at frequency #66,829 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Néologisme tiré du terme « incorruptibles », qui permet de créer un mot-valise en insérant le mot « rock ». Il s'agit d'un titre de magazine culturel français Les Inrockuptibles, paru pour la premi...".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for inrockuptibles, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is inrockuptibles, spelled I-N-R-O-C-K-U-P-T-I-B-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Néologisme tiré du terme « incorruptibles », qui permet de créer un mot-valise en insérant le mot « rock ». Il s'agit d'un titre de magazine culturel français Les Inrockuptibles, paru pour la première fois en 1986.

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 "inrockuptibles"?
"inrockuptibles" is spelled I-N-R-O-C-K-U-P-T-I-B-L-E-S.
What does "inrockuptibles" mean?
As a noun, "inrockuptibles" means: Néologisme tiré du terme « incorruptibles », qui permet de créer un mot-valise en insérant le mot « rock ». Il s'agit d'un titre de magazine culturel français Les Inrockuptibles, paru pour la premi...
What language does "inrockuptibles" come from?
"inrockuptibles" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “inrockuptibles”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is I-N-R-O-C-K-U-P-T-I-B-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list