impatiently

Name: impatiently, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ɪmˈpeɪʃəntli/

//ɪmˈpeɪʃəntli// adv

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“impatiently” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,855. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,855
frequency rank, English: 2,140
“I” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an impatient manner.

Corpus desk

Index EN-impatiently · impatiently · English

impatiently · rank #39,855 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #39,855
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 17 variants
BOOK-MID 2,140
PHOTO-FINISH impassable

Nearest frequency peer: impassable (-1 rank slots)

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.

huckleberry

60,150
Hutt

60,149
iguana

60,148
impassable

60,147
impatiently

60,146
incinerator

60,144

What this shows “impatiently” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

impatiently vs impatient

82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for impatiently
Property	Value
Headword	impatiently
Language	English
Part of speech	Adverb
IPA	/ɪmˈpeɪʃəntli/
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#39,855
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “impatiently”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).impatientlylands here:

#39,855

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “impassable” (#39,854), “iguana” (#39,853), “incinerator” (#39,857). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “impatiently” is #39,855. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around impatiently (IPA /ɪmˈpeɪʃəntli/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #39,855 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In an impatient manner.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for impatiently, with forms such as "imaptiently", "immpatiently", and "impaitently". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "impatient", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From impatient + -ly. The correct English form is impatiently, spelled I-M-P-A-T-I-E-N-T-L-Y.

Definition

1
In an impatient manner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how impatiently appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Stella was waiting impatiently for the delivery to come.
He watched his corn impatiently for two days, and, as it did not come up, he thought he would plant it again with beans. He ought to have waited longer.

Etymology

From impatient + -ly.

Antonyms

patiently

This word in other languages

impatiemment(Français)ungeduldig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

imaptiently
immpatiently
impaitently
impateintly
impatienlty
impatienntly
impatientlly
impatientlyy
impatienttly
impatientyl
impatietnly
impatinetly
impattiently
imppatiently
imptaiently
ipmatiently
mipatiently

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impatiently - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "impatiently"

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 "impatiently"?

"impatiently" is spelled I-M-P-A-T-I-E-N-T-L-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ɪmˈpeɪʃəntli/.

What does "impatiently" mean?

As an adverb, "impatiently" means: In an impatient manner.

What words are commonly confused with "impatiently"?

"impatiently" is commonly confused with "impatient". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "impatiently"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impatiently" is /ɪmˈpeɪʃəntli/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "impatiently"?

From impatient + -ly. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "impatiently", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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