impute
/ɪmˈpjut/verb
impute is spelled I-M-P-U-T-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, impute means “To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in impute?
| Letters | 6: I-M-P-U-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 103,949th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is impute?
Impute appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce impute?
- UK /ɪmˈpjuːt/
- US /ɪmˈpjut/
- Australia /ɪmˈpjʉːt/
Impute has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-impute.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with impute?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as impute from its last stressed vowel (/ut/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: uptime.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of impute
- imputes present, singular, he/she/it
- imputing participle, present
- imputed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does impute mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness.
- 2
To ascribe (sin or righteousness) to someone by substitution.
- 3
To take into account.
- 4
To attribute, ascribe, blame, or credit to.
People impute great cleverness to cats.
- 5
To replace missing data with substituted values.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Impute in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | imputer |
| German | zuschreiben , anrechnen, zurechnen , in Betracht ziehen, einbeziehen, einberechnen |
| Portuguese | imputar |
| Spanish | imputar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does impute come from?
Borrowed from Middle French imputer, from Latin imputō (“to bring into the reckoning, charge, impute”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).