imperfective
/ˌɪmpɚˈfɛktɪv/adjective, noun
imperfective is spelled I-M-P-E-R-F-E-C-T-I-V-E: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, imperfective means “Of, relating to or having the properties of the imperfective aspect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in imperfective?
| Letters | 12: I-M-P-E-R-F-E-C-T-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is imperfective?
Imperfective appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th 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 imperfective?
- US /ˌɪmpɚˈfɛktɪv/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Zazollo-imperfective2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with imperfective?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as imperfective from its last stressed vowel (/ɛktɪv/):
- perspective
- objective
- respective
- protective
- directive
- retrospective
- corrective
- introspective
- overprotective
- surjective
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of imperfective
- imperfectives plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does imperfective mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, relating to or having the properties of the imperfective aspect.
noun
- 1
The imperfective aspect; a verb having this aspect.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate imperfective?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of imperfective: impf.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Imperfective in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense related to the imperfective aspect:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | imperfectif |
| German | imperfektiv |
| Portuguese | imperfectivo, imperfetivo |
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.