# impatient

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/ · frequency rank #13,933

## Definitions
1. Restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays.
2. Anxious and eager, especially to begin or have something.
3. Not to be borne; unendurable.
4. Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.

## Etymology
From Old French impacient (modern French impatient), from Latin impatiēns. By surface analysis, im- + patient.

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

## Common misspellings (13)
`imaptient`, `immpatient`, `impaitent`, `impateint`, `impatiennt`, `impatientt`, `impatietn`, `impatinet`, `impattient`, `imppatient`, `imptaient`, `ipmatient`, `mipatient`

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