# impatience

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪmˈpeɪʃəns/ · frequency rank #29,691

## Definitions
1. The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English impacience, from Old French impacience (modern French impatience), from Latin impatientia. By surface analysis, im- + patience.

## Easily confused with
- **impatient** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/impatience-vs-impatient)
- **impotence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/impatience-vs-impotence)

## Common misspellings (15)
`imaptience`, `immpatience`, `impaitence`, `impateince`, `impatiance`, `impatiecne`, `impatiencce`, `impatienec`, `impatiennce`, `impatinece`, `impattience`, `imppatience`, `imptaience`, `ipmatience`, `mipatience`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/impatience