impertinencia
[ĩmpeɾt̪iˈnẽnsja]
The verdict
“impertinencia” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #68,646 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #68,646
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o palabra inoportuna, indiscreta o que molesta por alguna razón.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impertinencia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ĩmpeɾt̪iˈnẽnsja] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #68,646 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “impertinencia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for impertinencia is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩmpeɾt̪iˈnẽnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #68,646 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acción o palabra inoportuna, indiscreta o que molesta por alguna razón.".
Zero misspellings are on record for impertinencia in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is impertinencia, spelled I-M-P-E-R-T-I-N-E-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Acción o palabra inoportuna, indiscreta o que molesta por alguna razón.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “impertinencia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-M-P-E-R-T-I-N-E-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩmpeɾt̪iˈnẽnsja] (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.