impecunious
/ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs/adjective
impecunious is spelled I-M-P-E-C-U-N-I-O-U-S: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, impecunious means “Lacking money” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in impecunious?
| Letters | 11: I-M-P-E-C-U-N-I-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is impecunious?
Impecunious appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce impecunious?
- US /ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs/
- US /ˌɪm.pɪˈkjuː.ni.əs/
Impecunious has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-impecunious.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does impecunious mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Lacking money.
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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Impecunious in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense lacking money:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | impécunieux |
| Spanish | menesteroso, inope, impecune |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does impecunious come from?
From im- + pecunious, from Latin pecūniōsus, from pecūnia (“money”) + -ōsus (“full of”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).