imbibe
\ɛ̃.bib\
The verdict
“imbibe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de imbiber.
Corpus desk
Index FR-imbibe · imbibe · French
imbibe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imbibe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.bib\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « imbibe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
imbibe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.bib\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for imbibe in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is imbibe, spelled I-M-B-I-B-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de imbiber.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de imbiber.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de imbiber.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de imbiber.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de imbiber.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.