imperishable
"imperishable" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“imperishable” is uncommon English (frequency #78,704 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,704
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently.
Corpus desk
Index EN-imperishable · imperishable · English
imperishable · rank #78,704 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,704
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH impinging
Nearest frequency peer: impinging (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “imperishable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- huffs
huffs
21,304 corpus weight
- hypotenuse
hypotenuse
21,301 corpus weight
- iconographic
iconographic
21,300 corpus weight
- imperishable
imperishable
21,297 corpus weight
- impinging
impinging
21,296 corpus weight
- incognita
incognita
21,293 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “imperishable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imperishable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #78,704 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “imperishable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
imperishable is uncommon English at frequency #78,704 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for imperishable in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French impérissable. See im- + perishable. The correct English form is imperishable, spelled I-M-P-E-R-I-S-H-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how imperishable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
an imperishable monument
The child was to be a prophet, unrivalled among men, and the parent of an imperishable race.
Etymology
From Middle French impérissable. See im- + perishable.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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