imputation
/ˌɪm.pjʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
"imputation" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“imputation” is an uncommon English word, ranked #67,526 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #67,526
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imputation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɪm.pjʊˈteɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,526 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “imputation” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for imputation is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌɪm.pjʊˈteɪ.ʃən/. Corpus data places it at rank #67,526 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
imputation has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French imputation, from Latin imputatio. The correct English form is imputation, spelled I-M-P-U-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
- 2That which has been imputed or charged.
- 3Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
- 4A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another.
- 5Opinion; intimation; hint.
- 6The process of replacing missing data with substituted values.
- 7The statistical inference of unobserved genotypes.
- 8A distribution that is efficient and individually rational.
Etymology
From Middle French imputation, from Latin imputatio.
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 “imputation”
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- The one correct English spelling is I-M-P-U-T-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌɪm.pjʊˈteɪ.ʃən/ (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.