implausible
"implausible" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“implausible” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #33,681 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #33,681
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Not plausible; unlikely; dubious.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | implausible |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #33,681 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “implausible” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for implausible is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #33,681 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Not plausible; unlikely; dubious.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for implausible, with forms such as "imlpausible", "immplausible", and "impalusible". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From im- + plausible. The correct English form is implausible, spelled I-M-P-L-A-U-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Not plausible; unlikely; dubious.
Etymology
From im- + plausible.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imlpausible,immplausible,impalusible,implasuible,implauisble,implausable,implausbile,implausibble,implausibel,implausiblle,implausilbe,implaussible,impllausible,impluasible,impplausible,ipmlausible,miplausible
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of implausible - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “implausible”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-M-P-L-A-U-S-I-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.