impassioned

adj

"impassioned" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“impassioned” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #31,220 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.

#31,220
frequency rank, English
11
letters
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Filled with intense emotion or passion; fervent.

Key facts for impassioned
PropertyValue
Headwordimpassioned
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Frequency rank#31,220
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “impassioned” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). impassioned lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for impassioned is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #31,220 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Filled with intense emotion or passion; fervent.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for impassioned, with forms such as "imapssioned", "immpassioned", and "impasioned". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From impassion + -ed. The correct English form is impassioned, spelled I-M-P-A-S-S-I-O-N-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Filled with intense emotion or passion; fervent.

Etymology

From impassion + -ed.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imapssioned,immpassioned,impasioned,impasisoned,impassinoed,impassioend,impassionde,impassionedd,impassionned,impassoined,imppassioned,impsasioned,ipmassioned,mipassioned

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impassioned - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

imapssioned2immpassioned1impasioned1impasisoned2impassinoed2impassioend2impassionde2impassionedd1
Edit distance from "impassioned"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "impassioned"?
"impassioned" is spelled I-M-P-A-S-S-I-O-N-E-D.
What does "impassioned" mean?
As an adjective, "impassioned" means: Filled with intense emotion or passion; fervent.
What are common misspellings of "impassioned"?
Common misspellings include "imapssioned", "immpassioned", "impasioned", "impasisoned", "impassinoed". The correct spelling is "impassioned".
What is the origin of the word "impassioned"?
From impassion + -ed. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “impassioned”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is I-M-P-A-S-S-I-O-N-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list