impalpable
\ɛ̃.pal.pabl\
The verdict
“impalpable” is an uncommon French word, ranked #74,080 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #74,080
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est si ténu, si fin, si délié, qu’il ne fait aucune impression sensible au toucher.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impalpable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.pal.pabl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “impalpable” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for impalpable is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.pal.pabl\. Corpus data places it at rank #74,080 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qui est si ténu, si fin, si délié, qu’il ne fait aucune impression sensible au toucher.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for impalpable, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is impalpable, spelled I-M-P-A-L-P-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est si ténu, si fin, si délié, qu’il ne fait aucune impression sensible au toucher.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-M-P-A-L-P-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.pal.pabl\ (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.