impossible
/ɛ̃.pɔ.sibl/
The verdict
“impossible” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,292 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,292
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Imposible.
Corpus desk
Index ES-impossible · impossible · Spanish
impossible · rank #54,292 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,292
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH ignominia
Nearest frequency peer: ignominia (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “impossible”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- huérfanas
huérfanas
45,714 corpus weight
- ignominia
ignominia
45,710 corpus weight
- impossible
impossible
45,709 corpus weight
- impuro
impuro
45,708 corpus weight
- inapelable
inapelable
45,707 corpus weight
- incaica
incaica
45,705 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “impossible” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impossible |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɛ̃.pɔ.sibl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,292 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “impossible” en español
Rare enough to double-check
impossible is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,292 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɛ̃.pɔ.sibl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Imposible.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for impossible in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is impossible, spelled I-M-P-O-S-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Imposible.
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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