impassion
"impassion" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“impassion” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - make passionate, instill passion in
Corpus desk
Index EN-impassion · impassion · English
impassion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | impassion |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “impassion” in English
Rare enough to double-check
impassion is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "make passionate, instill passion in".
Zero misspellings are on record for impassion in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian impassionare. By surface analysis, im- + passion. The correct English form is impassion, spelled I-M-P-A-S-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1make passionate, instill passion in
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how impassion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Baseball remains a formidable item, yet scarcely capable of balancing the scale against the sports—football, cricket, racing, pelota, bull-fighting—which, in Europe, impassion the common people, and draw most of their champions from the common people.
Personal prudence even when dictated by quite other than selfish considerations surely is no special virtue in a military man; while an excessive love of glory, impassioning a less burning impulse, the honest sense of duty, is the first.
Etymology
From Italian impassionare. By surface analysis, im- + passion.
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.