impecunious
/ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs/
"impecunious" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“impecunious” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lacking money.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impecunious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “impecunious” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for impecunious is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Lacking money.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for impecunious, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From im- + pecunious, from Latin pecūniōsus, from pecūnia (“money”) + -ōsus (“full of”). The correct English form is impecunious, spelled I-M-P-E-C-U-N-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Lacking money.
Etymology
From im- + pecunious, from Latin pecūniōsus, from pecūnia (“money”) + -ōsus (“full of”).
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “impecunious”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-M-P-E-C-U-N-I-O-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.