insondable
\ɛ̃.sɔ̃.dabl\
The verdict
“insondable” is uncommon French (frequency #50,300 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,300
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut être sondé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-insondable · insondable · French
insondable · rank #50,300 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,300
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH insensées
Nearest frequency peer: insensées (-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 « insondable »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Innsbruck
Innsbruck
49,704 corpus weight
- ino
ino
49,703 corpus weight
- insensées
insensées
49,702 corpus weight
- insondable
insondable
49,701 corpus weight
- insuccès
insuccès
49,700 corpus weight
- intendants
intendants
49,698 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « insondable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insondable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.sɔ̃.dabl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « insondable » en français
Rare enough to double-check
insondable is uncommon French at frequency #50,300 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.sɔ̃.dabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for insondable, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 insondable, spelled I-N-S-O-N-D-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui ne peut être sondé.
- 2Qui ne peut être exploré ou délimité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how insondable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un gouffre insondable.
Au milieu de l’insondable obscurité, dont s’enveloppe le Kara-Koum, j’éprouve l’impression que donne l’immensité nocturne de la mer autour d’un navire.
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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