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impenetrably

adverb

impenetrably is spelled I-M-P-E-N-E-T-R-A-B-L-Y: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, impenetrably means “In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in impenetrably?

Letters12: I-M-P-E-N-E-T-R-A-B-L-Y
In writingabout once in every 47 million words; the 211,986th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 impenetrably?

Impenetrably appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th 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).

Forms of impenetrably

  • more impenetrably comparative
  • most impenetrably superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does impenetrably mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adverb

  1. 1

    In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does impenetrably come from?

From impenetrable + -ly.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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