Indistinguishable

Definitions: Indistinguishable

Indistinguishable

Adjective

1. Exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different; "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats".

2. Not capable of being distinguished or differentiated; "the two specimens are actually different from each other but the differences are almost indistinguishable"; "the twins were indistinguishable"; "a colorless person quite indistinguishable from the colorless mass of humanity".

Date "indistinguishable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1602. (references)

Synonyms: Indistinguishable

Synonyms: identical (adj), undistinguishable (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: distinguishable (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Equality	Equivalent, tantamount; indistinguishable; quits; homologous; synonymous; resolvable into, convertible, much at one, as broad as long, neither more nor less.; much the same as, the same thing as, as good as; all one, all the same; equipollent, equiponderant, equiponderous, equibalanced; equalized; Verb: drawn; half and half; isochronal, isochronous isoperimetric, isoperimetrical; isobath, isobathic.
Identity	Coincide, coalescent, coalescing; indistinguishable; one; equivalent; (equal); tweedle dee and tweedle dum; much the same, of a muchness; unaltered.
Indiscrimination	Adjective: indiscriminate; undistinguished, indistinguishable, undistinguishable; unmeasured; promiscuous, undiscriminating.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	Indistinguishable Classical Particles (Lecture Notes in Physics. New Series M, Monographs, M44) (reference) Indistinguishable from Magic (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Arthur C. Clarke	Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Other children develop myasthenia gravis indistinguishable from adults. (references)
		The prodromal phase of HPS is indistinguishable clinically from numerous other viral infections. (references)
		It has often been called "the great imitator" because so many of the signs and symptoms are indistinguishable from those of other diseases. (references)
Indigenous People	El Salvador	Early in the 20th century, facing active repression, most indigenous people adopted local customs and successfully assimilated into the general population, from which they now are generally indistinguishable. (references)
Minorities	Italy	Most of these Roma live in the center and south, in conditions indistinguishable from those of other Italians. (references)
Worker Rights	Ukraine	In 1997 the FPU leadership created a political party, the All-Ukrainian Party of Workers, which remained virtually indistinguishable from the FPU. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Indistinguishable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.68% of the time. "Indistinguishable" is used about 308 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	99.68%	307	16,496
Noun (proper)	0.32%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	308	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "indistinguishable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i padallueshëm (indiscernible, indistinct, indistinctive, insensible, invisible, undistinguishable, undistinguished). (various references)

Arabic		‏متعذر تمييزه (indiscernible), ‏لا يمكن تميزه, ‏غامض (abstruse, ambiguous, cloudy, deep, dim, double faced, dreamy, enigmatic, evasive, fuzzy, grave, hazy, impenetrable, incomprehensible, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, inscrutable, intangible, lax, magic, magical, misty, mysterious, mystic, nebulous, obscure, occult, opaque, puzzling, recondite, secret, shady, sketchy, slippery, sloppy, uncertain, unintelligible, vague, woolly), ‏تعوزه الخصائص المميزة. (various references)

Bulgarian		неразличим (impalpable, inconspicuous, indiscernible, invisible), неотличим, незабележим (inappreciable, inconspicuous, indetectable, indiscernible, invisible, undistinguishable, unseen), недоловим (impalpable, inapprehensible, inaudible). (various references)

Chinese		难区分. (various references)

Czech		nerozeznatelný (indiscernible). (various references)

Farsi		غیرقابل تشخیص(م.م.), تمیزندادنی (Indiscernibleable). (various references)

French		indiscernable (indiscernible), indifférenciable, impossible de distinguer, imperceptible (inaudible, indiscernible), vague (incomprehensible, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, inkling, inscrutable). (various references)

German		wahrnehmbar (discernible, discernibly, noticeable, observable, perceivable, perceptible, perceptibly, sensible), unmerklich (impalpably, imperceptible, imperceptibly, indiscernible, indiscernibly), undeutlich (blurred, dimly, hazy, illegible, inarticulate, inarticulately, indefinite, indefinitely, indistinct, indistinctly, muddled, mumblingly, obscure, obscurely, slurred, unarticulate, uncertain, unclear, undistinguishable, undistinguished, unemphatic, unexplicit, vague), nicht zu unterscheidend, nicht zu unterscheiden, nicht unterscheidbar, nicht sichtbar (indiscernible, indiscernibly), nicht erkennbar (indiscernible, indiscernibly). (various references)

Greek		δυσδιάκριτοσ (indiscernible, undiscernible). (various references)

Hebrew		שאין ל�"בחין בו. (various references)

Hungarian		megkülönböztethetetlen (indiscernible, undistinguishable). (various references)

Italian		indistinguibile. (various references)

Korean		구별� 수 없�". (various references)

Manx		neuchronnal (camouflaged, garbled, imperceptible, inconspicuous, indistinct, sketchy, unclear, vague), do-rheynnagh, do-akin (indiscernible, invisible). (various references)

Pig Latin		indistinguishableay

Portuguese		indistinguível (undiscriminated, undistinguishable), confuso (abrupt, abstruse, blear, cloudy, confused, disorderly, disturber, dizzy, hugger mugger, intricate, jumbled up, labyrinthine, lacklustre, mazy, medley, messy, mixed, muddy, obscure, pell mell, perplexed, promiscuous, rigmarole, rough and tumble, tangly, topsy turvy). (various references)

Romanian		imperceptibil (imperceptible, inappreciable, insensible, insensibly). (various references)

Russian		неразличимый (indiscernible, undiscriminated, undistinguishable, undistinguished). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		neprimetan (imperceptible, insensible), koji se ne može razlikovati (indiscernible). (various references)

Spanish		indistinguible. (various references)

Swedish		omöjlig att skilja. (various references)

Turkish		farksız (alike, indifferent, nothing less than, same, the same, undistinguished), benzer (alike, analogic, analogical, analogous, analogue, approximate, closely, conformable, congener, congenerous, connate, correlative, counterpart, double, homeo-, homo-, homoeo-, homologous, image, in common, kindred, like, look alike, match, of a piece, parallel, same, similar, simulant, stand in, vicinal), ayırt edilemez (indiscernible, indistinctive). (various references)

Ukranian		нерозрізненний (indiscernible). (various references)

Vietnamese		không thể phân biệt được. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "indistinguishable": indistinguishableness, indistinguishablenesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Indistinguishable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: indistinguishible. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "indistinguishable" (pronounced i'ndusti"nggwishubul)
6	-i sh u b u l	perishable, punishable.
5	-sh u b u l	appreciable, depreciable, distinguishable, insatiable, negotiable, sociable, washable.
4	-u b u l	abominable, acceptable, accessible, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, curable, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immiscible, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, perceptible, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, questionable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, tunable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, wearable, winnable, workable.
3	-b u l	able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-g-h-i-i-i-i-l-n-n-s-s-t-u"
	-2 letters: distinguishable.
	-5 letters: audibilities, disabilities, disentailing, establishing, sanguinities.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-g-h-i-i-i-i-l-n-n-s-s-t-u"
	+4 letters: indistinguishableness.
	+5 letters: indistinguishabilities.
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