# impossibility

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪmˌpɒsɪˈbɪliti/ · frequency rank #27,508

## Definitions
1. Something that is impossible.
2. The quality of being impossible.
3. The state of being unable to do something.

## Etymology
From Middle French impossibilité, from Latin impossibilitās. By surface analysis, im- + possibility and impossible + -ity.

## Common misspellings (18)
`immpossibility`, `imopssibility`, `imposibility`, `imposisbility`, `impossbiility`, `impossibbility`, `impossibiilty`, `impossibilitty`, `impossibilityy`, `impossibiliyt`, `impossibillity`, `impossibiltiy`, `impossibliity`, `impossiiblity`, `imppossibility`, `impsosibility`, `ipmossibility`, `mipossibility`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/impossibility