insurpassable

\ɛ̃.syʁ.pa.sabl\

/\ɛ̃.syʁ.pa.sabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“insurpassable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui ne peut pas être surpassé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-insurpassable · insurpassable · French

insurpassable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for insurpassable
PropertyValue
Headwordinsurpassable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.syʁ.pa.sabl\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “insurpassable” sits in French frequency

insurpassable falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

insurpassable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.syʁ.pa.sabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui ne peut pas être surpassé.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for insurpassable, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is insurpassable, spelled I-N-S-U-R-P-A-S-S-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne peut pas être surpassé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La Salle de marbre est garnie de grands tableaux. L’aile à la droite renferme le tresor insurpassable de l’ecole italienne.
  2. Cela serait la situation la plus lointaine qu’il serait capable d’imaginer, et qui impliquerait une satisfaction insurpassable, le contentement de tous ses désirs.

Antonyms

surpassable

This word in other languages

unübertrefflich(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "insurpassable"?
"insurpassable" is spelled I-N-S-U-R-P-A-S-S-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.syʁ.pa.sabl\.
What does "insurpassable" mean?
As an adjective, "insurpassable" means: Qui ne peut pas être surpassé.
How do you pronounce "insurpassable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insurpassable" is \ɛ̃.syʁ.pa.sabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insurpassable" come from?
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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