impracticable
/ɪmˈpɹaktɪkəb(ə)l/
"impracticable" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“impracticable” is an uncommon English word, ranked #75,067 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #75,067
- frequency rank, English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Not practicable; impossible or difficult in practice.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impracticable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪmˈpɹaktɪkəb(ə)l/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #75,067 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “impracticable” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for impracticable is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪmˈpɹaktɪkəb(ə)l/. Corpus data places it at rank #75,067 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for impracticable in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From im- + practicable. The correct English form is impracticable, spelled I-M-P-R-A-C-T-I-C-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Not practicable; impossible or difficult in practice.
- 2impassable (of a passage or road)
- 3unmanageable
Etymology
From im- + practicable.
This word in other languages
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 “impracticable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-M-P-R-A-C-T-I-C-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪmˈpɹaktɪkəb(ə)l/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.