insubmersible

\ɛ̃.syb.mɛʁ.sibl\

/\ɛ̃.syb.mɛʁ.sibl\/ adj

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The verdict

“insubmersible” is uncommon French (frequency #80,312 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,312
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas susceptible d’être submergé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-insubmersible · insubmersible · French

insubmersible · rank #80,312 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,312
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH instigatrice

Nearest frequency peer: instigatrice (-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 « insubmersible »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for insubmersible
PropertyValue
Headwordinsubmersible
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.syb.mɛʁ.sibl\
Letters13
Frequency rank#80,312
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « insubmersible » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « instigatrice » (#80,311), « insécurités » (#80,313), « intentionnels » (#80,314). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « insubmersible » est au #80,312. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

insubmersible is uncommon French at frequency #80,312 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.syb.mɛʁ.sibl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for insubmersible, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is insubmersible, spelled I-N-S-U-B-M-E-R-S-I-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’est pas susceptible d’être submergé.
  2. 2
    Qui résiste à tout ; à qui tout réussit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce kayak, souple et léger, toujours enlevé sur le dos des lames, insubmersible, chavirable peut-être, - mais un coup de pagaye le redresse aisément, - peut résister et résiste, en effet, là où des chaloupes seraient immanquablement brisées.
  2. Nous pouvons admettre sans trop nous éloigner de la vérité, que la partie insubmersible de l'île n'est en compte rond que de vingt mille hectares; que la partie submersible durant l'hiver ([…]) est de trente-quatre mille trois cents hectares ; que la partie, enfin, presque toujours entièrement submergée pendant l'automne, l'hiver et une partie du printemp…

Synonyms

insubmergeableinnoyable

This word in other languages

unsinkable(English)

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 "insubmersible"?
"insubmersible" is spelled I-N-S-U-B-M-E-R-S-I-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.syb.mɛʁ.sibl\.
What does "insubmersible" mean?
As an adjective, "insubmersible" means: Qui n’est pas susceptible d’être submergé.
How do you pronounce "insubmersible"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insubmersible" is \ɛ̃.syb.mɛʁ.sibl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insubmersible" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

intentionnels#80,314indiqueraient#80,303identiquement#80,290mitochondrial#80,427

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list