impartial
/ɪmˈpɑɹ.ʃəl/adjective
impartial is spelled I-M-P-A-R-T-I-A-L: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, impartial means “Treating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in impartial?
| Letters | 9: I-M-P-A-R-T-I-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is impartial?
Impartial appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce impartial?
- /ɪmˈpɑɹ.ʃəl/
Impartial has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-impartial.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with impartial?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as impartial.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: primatial.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of impartial
- more impartial comparative
- most impartial superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does impartial mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Treating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Impartial in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense treating all parties, rivals or disputants equally:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | impartial |
| German | unparteiisch, unparteilich |
| Portuguese | imparcial |
| Spanish | imparcial |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does impartial come from?
Borrowed from Middle French impartial. See im- + partial.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).