impressionable

Name: impressionable, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“impressionable” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,932. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,932
frequency rank, English: 17,902
“I” headwords: 20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Being easily influenced (especially of young people).

Corpus desk

Index EN-impressionable · impressionable · English

impressionable · rank #34,932 · 20 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #34,932
LEN-MEGA 14 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 20 variants
BOOK-DENSE 17,902
PHOTO-FINISH Imogen

Nearest frequency peer: Imogen (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

immorality

65,072
immutable

65,071
Imogen

65,070
impressiona…

65,069
impressioni…

65,068
indica

65,066

What this shows Bars show where “impressionable” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Key facts for impressionable
Property	Value
Headword	impressionable
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
Letters	14
Frequency rank	#34,932
Misspellings tracked	20
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “impressionable” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). impressionable lands here:

#34,932

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around impressionable, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,932 among 17,902 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Being easily influenced (especially of young people).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for impressionable, with forms such as "immpressionable", "imperssionable", and "imppressionable". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French impressionnable, equivalent to impression + -able. See also impressible. The correct English form is impressionable, spelled I-M-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N-A-B-L-E.

Definition

1
Being easily influenced (especially of young people).

Etymology

From French impressionnable, equivalent to impression + -able. See also impressible.

This word in other languages

impresionable(Español)impressionnable(Français)beeinflussbar(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

immpressionable
imperssionable
imppressionable
impresionable
impresisonable
impressinoable
impressioanble
impressionabble
impressionabel
impressionablle
impressionalbe
impressionbale
impressionible
impressionnable
impressoinable
imprressionable
imprsesionable
imrpessionable
ipmressionable
mipressionable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impressionable - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "impressionable"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "impressionable"?

"impressionable" is spelled I-M-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N-A-B-L-E.

What does "impressionable" mean?

As an adjective, "impressionable" means: Being easily influenced (especially of young people).

What are common misspellings of "impressionable"?

Common misspellings include "immpressionable", "imperssionable", "imppressionable", "impresionable", "impresisonable". The correct spelling is "impressionable".

What is the origin of the word "impressionable"?

From French impressionnable, equivalent to impression + -able. See also impressible. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "impressionable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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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.