impassible
/ɪmˈpasɪbəl/
"impassible" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“impassible” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unable to feel emotion; impassive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-impassible · impassible · English
impassible · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | impassible |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪmˈpasɪbəl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “impassible” in English
Rare enough to double-check
impassible is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɪmˈpasɪbəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for impassible in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French impassible. The correct English form is impassible, spelled I-M-P-A-S-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Unable to feel emotion; impassive.
- 2Incapable of suffering detriment or injury.
- 3Unable to suffer, or feel pain.
- 4Misspelling of impassable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how impassible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[W]e say it is unreasonable, that this [the bread or host of the Eucharist] should be changed into flesh, […] into that body of Christ, which is in heaven; he remaining there, and being whole and impassible, and unfrangible, this, we say, is unreasonable and impossible: […]
Etymology
From Old French impassible.
This word in other languages
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.