impropriety

/ˌɪm.pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/

//ˌɪm.pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ɪ.ti// noun

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"impropriety" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“impropriety” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,363. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,363
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of being improper.

Corpus desk

Index EN-impropriety · impropriety · English

impropriety · rank #39,363 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,363
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH impersonate

Nearest frequency peer: impersonate (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “impropriety”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “impropriety” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for impropriety
PropertyValue
Headwordimpropriety
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˌɪm.pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/
Letters11
Frequency rank#39,363
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “impropriety”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).improprietylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “impersonate” (#39,362), “inactivation” (#39,364), “incompatibility” (#39,365). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “impropriety” is #39,363. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around impropriety (IPA /ˌɪm.pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,363 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for impropriety, with forms such as "immpropriety", "imporpriety", and "imppropriety". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French impropriété, from Latin improprietās. By surface analysis, improper + -iety or im- + propriety. The correct English form is impropriety, spelled I-M-P-R-O-P-R-I-E-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The condition of being improper.
  2. 2
    An improper act.
  3. 3
    Improper language.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how impropriety appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. If so many ladies of rank wrote books, there could be no impropriety in her following their example,...
  2. To see the impropriety of this noninformative prior, note that the posterior results (2.19)–(2.22) can be justified by as [sic] combining the likelihood function with the following ‘prior density’: […]

Etymology

From French impropriété, from Latin improprietās. By surface analysis, improper + -iety or im- + propriety.

This word in other languages

impropriedad(Español)Unanständigkeit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immpropriety
  • imporpriety
  • imppropriety
  • impropirety
  • improppriety
  • impropreity
  • improprietty
  • improprietyy
  • improprieyt
  • impropritey
  • improprriety
  • improrpiety
  • imprporiety
  • imprropriety
  • imrpopriety
  • ipmropriety
  • mipropriety

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impropriety - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

immpropriety1imporpriety2imppropriety1impropirety2improppriety1impropreity2improprietty1improprietyy1
Edit distance from "impropriety"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "impropriety"?
"impropriety" is spelled I-M-P-R-O-P-R-I-E-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˌɪm.pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/.
What does "impropriety" mean?
As a noun, "impropriety" means: The condition of being improper.
What are common misspellings of "impropriety"?
Common misspellings include "immpropriety", "imporpriety", "imppropriety", "impropirety", "improppriety". The correct spelling is "impropriety".
How do you pronounce "impropriety"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impropriety" is /ˌɪm.pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "impropriety"?
From French impropriété, from Latin improprietās. By surface analysis, improper + -iety or im- + propriety. 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 "impropriety", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

impersonate#39,362Hamiltonian#39,345gentlemen's#39,336Francophone#39,328

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

melancholic17 variantsdeterminism17 variantsconstipated17 variantsconcomitant17 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list