imperturbable
/ˌɪmpəˈtɜːbəbl̩/
"imperturbable" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“imperturbable” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
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- below top-frequency English
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not capable of being, or not easily, perturbed, excited, or upset; calm and collected, even under pressure.
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Index EN-imperturbable · imperturbable · English
imperturbable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imperturbable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌɪmpəˈtɜːbəbl̩/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “imperturbable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
imperturbable is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌɪmpəˈtɜːbəbl̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not capable of being, or not easily, perturbed, excited, or upset; calm and collected, even under pressure.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for imperturbable, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: PIE word *né From Late Middle English imperturbable (“undisturbed; impossible to disturb”), borrowed from Late Latin imperturbābilis, from Latin im- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + Late Latin perturbabilis (“perturbable”) (from Latin perturbō (“t… The correct English form is imperturbable, spelled I-M-P-E-R-T-U-R-B-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Not capable of being, or not easily, perturbed, excited, or upset; calm and collected, even under pressure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how imperturbable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[T]o a vviſe man there can happen no iniury or offence at all, to moleſt the felicity of his minde, vvhich (in the Stoicks opinion) ought to bee imperturbable, and his heart adamantine.
[T]he good Dominie bore all his disasters with gravity and serenity equally imperturbable. "Prodi-gi-ous!" was the only ejaculation they ever extorted from the much-enduring man.
Etymology
PIE word *né From Late Middle English imperturbable (“undisturbed; impossible to disturb”), borrowed from Late Latin imperturbābilis, from Latin im- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + Late Latin perturbabilis (“perturbable”) (from Latin perturbō (“to confuse; to alarm, disturb, trouble, perturb”) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives denoting a capacity or worth of being acted upon)). Perturbō is derived from per- (intensifying prefix) + turbō (“to agitate, disturb, unsettle, perturb; to upset”) (from turba (“disorder, disturbance, turmoil”) (possibly from Ancient Greek τῠ́ρβη (tŭ́rbē, “confusion, disorder, tumult”), either from Pre-Greek, or Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- (“to agitate, stir up; to urge on, propel”)) + -ō (suffix forming infinitives of regular first-conjugation verbs)). By surface analysis, im- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + perturbable.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.