# impotence

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɪmpətəns/ · frequency rank #30,456

## Definitions
1. Powerlessness; incapacity.
2. Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc.

## Etymology
From Middle French impotence, from Latin impotentia.

## Easily confused with
- **impotent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/impotence-vs-impotent)
- **importance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/importance-vs-impotence)
- **impatience** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/impatience-vs-impotence)

## Common misspellings (14)
`immpotence`, `imoptence`, `impoetnce`, `impotance`, `impotecne`, `impotencce`, `impotenec`, `impotennce`, `impotnece`, `impottence`, `imppotence`, `imptoence`, `ipmotence`, `mipotence`

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