# impression

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/ · frequency rank #3,950

## Definitions
1. The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
2. The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
3. A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
4. An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.
5. An outward appearance.
6. A performance metric representing an instance where a post or ad is shown once.
7. The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
8. A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
9. The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination.
10. set of copies of a publication printed at one time having the same content, layout, pagination, etc.

## Etymology
From Old French impression, from Latin impressio. Equivalent to impress + -ion.

## Easily confused with
- **impressive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/impression-vs-impressive)
- **impressions** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/impression-vs-impressions)

## Common misspellings (14)
`immpression`, `imperssion`, `imppression`, `impresion`, `impresison`, `impressino`, `impressionn`, `impressoin`, `imprestion`, `imprression`, `imprsesion`, `imrpession`, `ipmression`, `mipression`

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