impermanence
"impermanence" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“impermanence” is uncommon English (frequency #65,202 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,202
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lack of permanence or continued duration.
Corpus desk
Index EN-impermanence · impermanence · English
impermanence · rank #65,202 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,202
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH impassive
Nearest frequency peer: impassive (-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 “impermanence”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- imbibe
imbibe
34,802 corpus weight
- immunocompr…
immunocompromised
34,801 corpus weight
- impassive
impassive
34,800 corpus weight
- impermanence
impermanence
34,799 corpus weight
- impudence
impudence
34,797 corpus weight
- incoherence
incoherence
34,796 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “impermanence” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impermanence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #65,202 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “impermanence” in English
Rare enough to double-check
impermanence is uncommon English at frequency #65,202 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for impermanence, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French impermanence, equivalent to im- + permanence. The correct English form is impermanence, spelled I-M-P-E-R-M-A-N-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Lack of permanence or continued duration.
- 2The quality or state of being impermanent.
- 3Anicca, the doctrine which asserts that all of conditioned existence is transient.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how impermanence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I watch the ripples change their size / But never leave the stream of warm impermanence and / So the days float through my eyes / But still the days seem the same
Etymology
From Middle French impermanence, equivalent to im- + permanence.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).