impossible

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The verdict

“impossible” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,653. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,653
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unmöglich

Corpus desk

Index DE-impossible · impossible · German

impossible · rank #33,653 · 14 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,653
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ikonen

Nearest frequency peer: Ikonen (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „impossible“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „impossible“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

impossible vs of
10% similar
impossible vs TO
0% similar
impossible vs video
10% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for impossible
PropertyValue
Headwordimpossible
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#33,653
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „impossible“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.impossibleliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Ikonen“ (#33,652), „innerorts“ (#33,654), „inspirierend“ (#33,655). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „impossible“ bei #33,653. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around impossible (IPA […]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,653 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "unmöglich".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for impossible, with forms such as "immpossible", "imopssible", and "imposible". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "of", "TO", "video", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is impossible, spelled I-M-P-O-S-S-I-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    unmöglich

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. As a human it is impossible to live without oxygen.

This word in other languages

impossible(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immpossible
  • imopssible
  • imposible
  • imposisble
  • impossbile
  • impossibble
  • impossibel
  • impossiblle
  • impossilbe
  • impoßible
  • imppossible
  • impsosible
  • ipmossible
  • mipossible

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impossible - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

immpossible1imopssible2imposible1imposisble2impossbile2impossibble1impossibel2impossiblle1
Edit distance from "impossible"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "impossible"?
"impossible" is spelled I-M-P-O-S-S-I-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "impossible" mean?
As an adjective, "impossible" means: unmöglich
What words are commonly confused with "impossible"?
"impossible" is commonly confused with "of", "TO", "video". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "impossible"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impossible" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impossible" come from?
"impossible" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hinderlich#33,641herzlichst#33,639Herrschers#33,638Heizkosten#33,634

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Holsteins14 variantsKinostart14 variantsKommentars14 variantsHaarausfall14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list