powerless
\ˈpaʊəlɪs\
The verdict
“powerless” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Impuissant, qui n'a pas la capacité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-powerless · powerless · French
powerless · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | powerless |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈpaʊəlɪs\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
powerless is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈpaʊəlɪs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Impuissant, qui n'a pas la capacité.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for powerless in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 powerless, spelled P-O-W-E-R-L-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Impuissant, qui n'a pas la capacité.
Antonyms
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.