impulse

/[ˈɪmpʌls]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,937

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

impulse is aGermannoun. It means: Antrieb, Stoß, Triebkraft Pronounced [ˈɪmpʌls]. It ranks #7,937 in German word frequency. Often confused with Impulsen and Impuls.

Key facts for impulse
PropertyValue
Headwordimpulse
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɪmpʌls]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,937
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of impulse in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for impulse is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɪmpʌls]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,937 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for impulse, with forms such as "immpulse", "impluse", and "imppulse". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Impulsen", "Impuls", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is impulse, spelled I-M-P-U-L-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Antrieb, Stoß, Triebkraft
  2. 2
    Impuls, Anstoß, Anreiz, Anregung, plötzliche Regung, plötzliche Eingebung
  3. 3
    Impuls

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: immpulse,impluse,imppulse,impules,impullse,impulsse,impusle,imuplse,ipmulse,mipulse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for impulse

Misspelling Variants of "impulse"

immpulse8impluse7imppulse8impules7impullse8impulsse8impusle7imuplse7
Misspelling Variants of "impulse"

Frequency rank: #7,937 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "impulse"?
"impulse" is spelled I-M-P-U-L-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪmpʌls].
What does "impulse" mean?
As a noun, "impulse" means: Antrieb, Stoß, Triebkraft
What words are commonly confused with "impulse"?
"impulse" is commonly confused with "Impulsen", "Impuls". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "impulse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impulse" is [ˈɪmpʌls]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impulse" come from?
"impulse" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.